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Tomas Jose da Anunciacao 

 

Anunciacao Tomas Jose da

(b Lisbon, 26 Oct 1818; d Lisbon, 3 April 1879). Portuguese painter. He belonged to the first generation of romantic artists in Portugal and specialized in paintings of landscapes and animals. From 1837 until 1844 he attended the Academia de Belas-Artes in Lisbon, where, with other pupils, he protested against the teaching methods of the Academia, which was dominated by the classical tradition of António Manuel da Fonseca.

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