Greyhounds (Souza Cardoso)

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Greyhounds
Portuguese: Os Galgos
ArtistAmadeo de Souza Cardoso
Year1911
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions100 cm × 73 cm (39 in × 29 in)
LocationCentro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon

Greyhounds (Portuguese: Os Galgos) is a painting by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, from 1911.

Description[edit]

The painting is an oil on canvas with overall dimensions of 100 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, in Lisbon.

Analysis[edit]

The scene shows two greyhounds and a hare against a flat background.[1]

Sources[edit]

  • João B. Serra; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal) (1998). Modern art in Portugal: 1910-1940 : the artist contemporaries of Fernando Pessoa. Edition Stemmle. ISBN 9783908161011.
  • Portuguese Art Since 1910: Exhibition at the Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, 2nd September to 1st October, 1978 : in Collaboration with the Anglo-Portuguese Society and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 1978.

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