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Painting,
Watercolor
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 11.4in, Width 8.3in
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Figurative Urban
Watercolor on Fabriano paper 300g
Alguma informação / Some information:
Esta pintura representa um dos mais agradáveis recantos de Alvor - uma pequena e pitoresca vila piscatória localizada no município de Portimão, Algarve, ao sul de Portugal, um local de grande afluência turística no Verão. Em 2011, o censo confirma que esta pequena aldeia tinha pouco mais de 6.000 habitantes, mas como quase toda a costa do Algarve, a população aumenta no verão. A história diz-nos que Alvor data do tempo antes da ocupação romana e foi chamado de "Ipses". No entanto, a ocupação mourisca, entre séculos VII e VIII, Ipses passou a ser chamada de "Al-Bûr" - a origem do nome atual.
Um dos locais históricos de Alvor é a Igreja Matriz, um ex-líbris da arquitectura de estilo Manuelino no Algarve. Construída nos anos 20 do século XVI esta igreja apresenta um dos pórticos manuelinos mais bonitos da região, decorado com motivos alusivos à fauna e à flora, cenas bélicas e símbolos religiosos.
No interior, destacam-se os azulejos do século XVIII, bem como as riquíssimas imagens presentes nos seis altares de talha dourada. Aqui se encontra também a famosa e milagrosa imagem do “Senhor Jesus”, que segundo a lenda deu à costa e foi colocado no altar pelos pescadores de Alvor.
In English:
This painting represents one of the most pleasant corners of Alvor - a small and picturesque fishing village located in the municipality of Portimão, Algarve, south of Portugal, a place of great tourist affluence in summer. In 2011, the census confirms that this small village had just over 6,000 inhabitants, but like most of the Algarve coast, the population increases in summer. History tells us that Alvor dates from the time before the Roman occupation and was called "Ipses". However, the Moorish occupation, between the seventh and eighth centuries, Ipses came to be called "Al-Bûr" - the origin of the current name.
One of Alvor's historical sites is the Mother Church, a highlight of Manueline-style architecture in the Algarve. Built in the 1920s, this church features one of the region's most beautiful Manueline porticoes, decorated with motifs alluding to fauna and flora, warlike scenes and religious symbols.
Inside, the 18th century tiles stand out, as well as the rich images on the six gilded altars. Here is also the famous and miraculous image of the “Lord Jesus”, which according to legend gave to the coast and was placed on the altar by the fishermen of Alvor.
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Inês Dourado is a contemporary award-winning Portuguese painter. In Dourado's paintings, one can find the poetic essence of bustling cityscapes and days brimming with both light and shadow. Utilizing a diverse array of mediums, such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, gel pen, and tempera, she skillfully crafts figurative urban landscapes on both paper and canvas.
Inês Dourado was born in 1958, in Portugal. She has a degree in Art History and a Master in History of Contemporary Art from the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences. Dourado exhibited her works in Portugal, Spain and Argentina, and her works are in private collections in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Brazil, China, Australia and the USA.
- Nationality: PORTUGAL
- Date of birth : 1958
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Portuguese Artists