Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro

Infobox Comics creator
name = Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro


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birthdate = 21 March1846
location = Lisbon, Portugal
deathdate = death date and age|1905|1|23|1846|3|21
deathplace = Lisbon, Portugal
nationality = Portuguese
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notable works = "Zé Povinho"
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Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro (21 March, 1846 - 23 January, 1905) was a Portuguese artist known for his illustration, caricatures, sculpture and ceramics designs, and is considered the first Portuguese comics creator.

Life

He was disciple of his father, the painter Manuel Maria Bordalo Pinheiro and brother of painter Columbano. He started publishing illustrations and caricatures 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.Cite web|last= Lustosa, Isabel and Britto, Paulo Henriques |title=The Art of J. Carlos, "The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts"|date=1995|url= http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0888-7314%281995%2921%3C108%3ATAOJC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage] 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.

"Zé Povinho" and comics

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.

Pottery

In 1885, he founded a ceramics factory in Caldas da Rainha, where he created many of the pottery designs for which this city is known. The factory is still in business.

ources

* [http://www.itaucultural.org.br/aplicExternas/enciclopedia_ic/index.cfm?fuseaction=artistas_biografia_ing&cd_verbete=3952&cd_item=1&cd_idioma=28556 Pinheiro, Bordalo (1846 - 1905)] Encyclopaedia Itaú Cultural;Footnotes

External links

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/p/pinheiro_r_b.htm Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro biography] on Lambiek Comiclopedia