Antônio Rafael Pinto Bandeira

Antônio Rafael Pinto Bandeira (1863-1896) was an Afro-Brazilian painter and art professor.

Not to be confused with Rafael Pinto Bandeira (1740-1795), the Brazilian caudilho.
Antônio Rafael Pinto Bandeira
BornMarch 9, 1863 (1863-03-09)
Niterói
DiedAugust 28, 1896 (1896-08-29) (aged 33)
Rio de Janeiro

Biography

He was descended from slaves and his father was a tailor. At the age of sixteen, he entered the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (AIBA). From 1879 to 1884, he studied with João Zeferino da Costa.[1] He was a regular participant in the "Exposições Geral de Belas Artes", where he won the Gold Medal for history painting in 1883. His first personal exhibition came in 1886 at AIBA.[1]

In 1887, after failing to win a contest that would have enabled him to study in Europe and urged on by his friend Firmino Monteiro, he moved to Salvador,[2] where he became the Professor of Design and Landscapes at the "Liceu de Artes e Ofícios".

Returning to his hometown in 1890 he tried, unsuccessfully, to establish his own art school.[1] He continued to exhibit successfully, but became depressed at having his efforts to launch the school repeatedly thwarted. He drowned in Guanabara Bay, apparently while attempting to launch a boat, although his family and the press suggested that it may have been suicide.[2] The body was not recovered for almost two weeks, so he was buried without an autopsy.

His painting "Lenhador" (Woodcutter) appeared on a two-part commemorative stamp in 2013,[2] together with a painting by Georgian artist Niko Pirosmani, to mark the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Selected paintings
  • Young Woman Sitting
  • Portrait of a Student
  • Man's Head
  • Sleeping Woman
  • The Woodcutter
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References
  1. Brief biography @ the Enciclopédia ItaúCultural.
  2. Biography @ the Prefeitura Niterói website.

Further reading
  • José Roberto Teixeira Leite, Pintores negros do oitocentos, Edição Emanoel Araújo. São Paulo: MWM-IFK, 1988
  • Georgian Journal: "Brazil Dedicates Stamp to Diplomatic Relations" by Ketevan Charkhalashvili.



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