Obras de almada negreiros biography

Have you heard about the writer Almada Negreiros? He is the author of beautiful verses, like the Canção da Saudade, in which he says “if I were blind, I loved everybody…“ Maybe you know him better as a writer and poet, but the artist also produced various illustrations and paintings during his intense life, and today – which is his birthday – is a good day to remember his artistic trajectory.

A versatile artist

Born in 1893 in Sao Tome, Almada Negreiros began to write and illustrate handwritten newspapers at the age of 12. In the following years, he continued collaborating with mainly humorous periodicals of the time. At the age of just 20, he held his first solo exhibition with about ninety drawings, and the following year became artistic director of a weekly magazine.

Negreiros created illustrations for posters, magazines and books, while also writing his novels, plays, es