Dictionary of Art Historians

Figueiredo, José de

Full Name
Figueiredo, José de
Other Names
José de Figueiredo
Gender
male
Date Born
c. 1871-1872
Date Died
1937
Home Country
Portugal
Subject Area
painting (visual works)
Portuguese (culture or style)
Career
curators
Overview

historian of Portuguese art; curator of the Museu do Arte antiga; rediscovered and restored the paintings of Nuno Gonçalves; studied at l'école du Louvre; friends with Rodin; president of the Academia de Belas Artes

Selected Bibliography
O pinto Nuno Gonçalves. Lisbon, 1910.; Arte portugues primitivo. Lisbon.
Sources
Bazin, Germain. Histoire de l'histoire de l'art: de Vasari à nos jours. Paris: Albin Michel, 1986, p. 449.