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Some painters were so multi-talented as artists and great minds that one involuntarily asks oneself when and where they actually had time to paint. Benedito Calixto de Jesus, a painter from Brazil, is presented on the Portuguese Wikipedia page as "painter, draughtsman, photographer, historian, decorator, cartographer and amateur astronomer" - quasi a polymath of his time. Born in 1853 in Itanháem not far from Sao Paulo, he did not attend the "Imperial Academy of Fine Arts" in Rio de Janeiro, as most artists of his time did; Calixto was a self-taught artist and always remained attached to his home region Sao Paulo. He lived in the port city of Santos since 1881 and was considered (long before the era of the footballer Pelé) as its most famous inhabitant.
Benedito Calixto painted mainly townscapes and landscapes, he had a soft spot for simple people in traditional or festive clothing. But his most famous works are dedicated to historical or contemporary subjects. These include "The Proclamation of the Republic", in which the ceremony is shown at the moment of the salute (Emperor Pedro II had been overthrown by a military plaster in 1889) and "The Shipwreck of the SS Sirio", which shows a group of praying priests amidst desperate people. On this ship, near Cartagena (Spain) in 1906, about 200 people, mostly Italian emigrants on their way to Argentina, lost their lives. A group of Catholic dignitaries (including the Brazilian archbishops of Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre) behaved in an exemplary manner, blessing the passengers and paying for their perseverance, in part with their lives, while the captain and parts of the crew took themselves to safety at the first opportunity. In Italy, the catastrophe remained unforgotten, the last time it was discussed was in 2012 on the occasion of the "Costa Concordia affair".
Calixto's portraits of historical personalities were also in great demand. Among his masterpieces are those of Domingo's Jorge Velho (one of the knights of fortune who discovered and conquered the hinterland of Sao Paulo around 1700) and Martim Alfonso de Sousa (founder of the first settlement not far from Sao Paulo and the first governor of Brazil for the Portuguese crown) or the statesman and mineralogist José Bonifácio Andrade e Silva.
As befits his name (it means "Jesus' blessed chalice" in German), religious themes were the third pillar of Benedito Calixto de Jesus. Calixto died in 1927 at the age of 76 in Sao Paulo.
Some painters were so multi-talented as artists and great minds that one involuntarily asks oneself when and where they actually had time to paint. Benedito Calixto de Jesus, a painter from Brazil, is presented on the Portuguese Wikipedia page as "painter, draughtsman, photographer, historian, decorator, cartographer and amateur astronomer" - quasi a polymath of his time. Born in 1853 in Itanháem not far from Sao Paulo, he did not attend the "Imperial Academy of Fine Arts" in Rio de Janeiro, as most artists of his time did; Calixto was a self-taught artist and always remained attached to his home region Sao Paulo. He lived in the port city of Santos since 1881 and was considered (long before the era of the footballer Pelé) as its most famous inhabitant.
Benedito Calixto painted mainly townscapes and landscapes, he had a soft spot for simple people in traditional or festive clothing. But his most famous works are dedicated to historical or contemporary subjects. These include "The Proclamation of the Republic", in which the ceremony is shown at the moment of the salute (Emperor Pedro II had been overthrown by a military plaster in 1889) and "The Shipwreck of the SS Sirio", which shows a group of praying priests amidst desperate people. On this ship, near Cartagena (Spain) in 1906, about 200 people, mostly Italian emigrants on their way to Argentina, lost their lives. A group of Catholic dignitaries (including the Brazilian archbishops of Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre) behaved in an exemplary manner, blessing the passengers and paying for their perseverance, in part with their lives, while the captain and parts of the crew took themselves to safety at the first opportunity. In Italy, the catastrophe remained unforgotten, the last time it was discussed was in 2012 on the occasion of the "Costa Concordia affair".
Calixto's portraits of historical personalities were also in great demand. Among his masterpieces are those of Domingo's Jorge Velho (one of the knights of fortune who discovered and conquered the hinterland of Sao Paulo around 1700) and Martim Alfonso de Sousa (founder of the first settlement not far from Sao Paulo and the first governor of Brazil for the Portuguese crown) or the statesman and mineralogist José Bonifácio Andrade e Silva.
As befits his name (it means "Jesus' blessed chalice" in German), religious themes were the third pillar of Benedito Calixto de Jesus. Calixto died in 1927 at the age of 76 in Sao Paulo.
.jpg "Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Gospel in the Forests by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Father Chico and Monsignor Benedito Alves de Souza by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "The Visitation of the Virgin to Saint Elizabeth by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Proclamation of the Republic by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Patio do Colegio by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Recolhimento de Nossa Senhora da Luz in Sao Paulo - 1860 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Wreck of the Sirion by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Market Quay in 1885 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Study of Academy - Male Nude by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Paroba Trees by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Guava by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Boats in the Sand on a Beach by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Portrait of Maria Luiza de Almeida Moraes (Bust of a Lady Within a Painted Oval Frame) by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "The Four Corners by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Bartolomeu Lourenco de Gusmao by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of the Bishop in 1886 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Fish Market and Canoe Market by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "True Effigy of Saint Charles Borromeo by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Tobias and the Angel by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Council House or Chamber and Jail by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Beheading of St. John the Baptist by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Self-portrait by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Fishing Village by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Convent of Santa Teresa by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Matriz de Santos by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Santos in 1822 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Martim Afonso at the Port of Piacaguera (detail) by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Rancho Grande dos Tropeiros by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Casa do Trem and Chapel of Santa Catarina by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of Santos in 1922 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Portrait of Martim Afonso de Souza by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Portrait of Father Bartolomeu de Gusmao by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Fort of Itapema and Outeirinhos by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of Santos by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "The Ramp of Porto do Bispo in Santos by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Fruits by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Braz Cubas Reading the Charter of the Village by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Church of Carmo and Pillory by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of the Consulate and Serra do Mar by Benedito Calixto")
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_1890_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562315).jpg "Port of Santos, SP (viewed from the right), 1890 by Benedito Calixto")
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_SP_1924_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562313).jpg "Corner of the Beach (Baixada Santista), SP, 1924 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Itanhaém River, SP, 1896 by Benedito Calixto")
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_1892_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562320).jpg "Little Beach - Itanhaém (Beach of Itanhaém, SP), 1892 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of the Consulate in Santos, SP, 1887 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Bay with Boats, SP, 1907 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of Santos, SP, 1888 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Port of the Bishop, Santos, SP, Viewed from the Sea, 1887 by Benedito Calixto")
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_1890_-_(MeisterDrucke-1562316).jpg "Port of Santos, SP (viewed from the left), 1890 by Benedito Calixto")
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.jpg "Landscape by Benedito Calixto")
.jpg "Waterfall on Sorocaba River by Benedito Calixto")
.jpg "Flock of May by Benedito Calixto")
.jpg "Transfiguration of Christ by Benedito Calixto")