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Must See
TOP FOUNDER’S
5 COLLECTION
PIECES
St Catherine
A serene 15th-century
bust, painted by the
Flemish artist Rogier
van der Weyden.
Boy Blowing Bubbles
Édouard Manet’s 1867
painting considers the
transience of life and art.
Yuan Dynasty
Stem Cup
This blue-glazed piece is
decorated with delicate
reliefs of Taoist figures
under bamboo leaves.
Busts on
Diana Statue display in the
A graceful marble statue Modern Collection
(p123), once owned by
Catherine the Great and MODERN COLLECTION
considered too obscene
to exhibit.
The Modern Collection lies and – perhaps the best
Ancient Greek Vase across the gardens from the known – Paula Rego. Rego
This 5th century BC Founder’s Collection and is settled in London in the
vase is adorned with part of the same cultural mid-1970s, but she has long
mythological motifs. foundation. It is housed in been hailed in Portugal as
a large, light-filled building, one of the nation’s greatest
designed by architect Sir living artists. Her work often
Leslie Martin in 1983. contains elements of magical
The permanent collection realism, although later works
features over 10,000 works, have gradually tended towards
with an emphasis on paintings more realistic renderings.
and sculpture by Portuguese Within the international
artists from the turn of the collection are works by big
20th century to the present hitters such as David Hockney
day. Perhaps the most famous and British sculptor Antony
painting is the striking Gormley (renowned for his
portrait of poet Fernando Angel of the North sculpture in
Pessoa in the Café Irmãos Gateshead, England).
Unidos (1964) by José de As well as the exhibition
Almada Negreiros (1893– space, which comprises three
1970), a leading exponent linked galleries, there is also
of Portuguese Modernism. an events area, a busy café
The oil painting was com- and a museum bookshop.
missioned by the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation, and
intended to replicate a similar
portrait that Almada had Did You Know?
produced for the café itself.
Also of interest are Paula Rego’s pieces
paintings by Eduardo Viana have fetched up to
(1881–1967), Amadeo de £1.1 million at auction,
Sousa Cardoso (1887–1910) a record for a
and contemporary artists Portuguese artist.
such as Rui Sanches, Graça
Morais, Teresa Magalhães
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