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Baixos-Relevos no Museu de Arte Popular (Fachada nascente)

Reliefs at the Folk Art Museum (East façade)

Henrique Moreira
1948

Lisboa / Baixos-Relevos no Museu de Arte Popular (Fachada nascente)

Description

Two reliefs by Henrique Moreira from the Pavilion of the Section of the Popular Life of the Portuguese World Exhibition, 1940.

Lisboa - Baixos-Relevos no Museu de Arte Popular (Fachada nascente)
The process of making wool cloths - sheep, shepherds, weavers.
The process of making flax cloths - flax harvesting and processing.

Sculptor

Henrique de Araújo Moreira (Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, 1890 - 1979), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Alexandre Pomar, A escultura do Museu de Arte Popular.
Helena Elias, 'Um espaço de representação:arte pública e transformações urbanas na zona ribeirinha de Belém', On the W@terfront 6 (September, 2004, Arte público / Espaciopúblico, Universidade de Barcelona) (PDF-online).
Museu de Arte Popular, Offical website.
Patrimonio Cultural, Edifício do Museu de Arte Popular.

Locatie (N 38°41'36" - W 9°12'31") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptli057; Photograph: 30 August 2017
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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