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If tomorrow comes.

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A day in a Sintra.

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Dances with the ghosts...

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A tribute to Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro....

I am dedicating this photo to Graca Neves, my great encourager.

Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro:
He was disciple of his father, the painter Manuel Maria Bordalo Pinheiro and brother of painter Columbano. He started publishing illustrations and charicatures in humoristic magazines such as A Berlinda, O Calcanhar de Aquiles demonstrating a frequently sarcastic humour with political or social message.

In 1875 travelled to Brazil to work as illustrator and cartoonist for the publication Mosquito, who was also employing the Italian/Brazilian illustrator Angelo Agostini until then the unrivaled cartooning authority of Brazil.[1] Pinheiro eventually became editor of other humorous, politically critical magazines. His fame as a charicaturist led the Illustrated London News to become one of his collaborators.
In 1875, Bordalo Pinheiro created the cartoon character Zé Povinho, a Portuguese everyman, portrayed as a poor peasant. Zé Povinho became, and still is, the most popular character in Portugal.

Either with Zé Povinho as with other work, Bordalo Pinheiro drawing style was important and influential, making extensive use of onomatopoeias, graphical signs (as those to represent movement), strong images (the manguito) and even created a unique style of mixing punctuation marks, such as brackets, and drawing.
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