Pedro Américo

(1843–1905) Brazilian painter (1843-1905)

Pedro Américo (Brazil, 1843–1905) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Pedro Américo belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Pedro Américo was born in Areia and died in Florence. Pedro Américo trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Pedro Américo worked in Brasília. Pedro Américo became a member of 1891 Constituent Assembly. Pedro Américo was awarded Knight in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

The best-known works include ‘Independence or Death’, ‘The Battle of Avaí’, and ‘Tiradentes Quartered’. The catalogue has 41 works by Pedro Américo with free images. The dated works span the years 1500–1895. Works by Pedro Américo are held by several collections, among them Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Pedro Américo Figueiredo e Mello collection, Pinakoteket i São Paulo, and Museu Histórico Nacional collection. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Realism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include João Zeferino da Costa, Hugo Salmson, Adrien Moreau, Karl Gussow, and Knut Ekwall.

• Impressionism
• Independence or Death