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The CIAJG collection comprises a set of works by artist José de Guimarães, as well as African art, pre-Columbian art and ancient Chinese art selected by the artist. In total, the CIAJG collection comprises 1128 objects, including ceramics, sculpture, drawing, installation, textiles, painting and graphic arts.

The objects of African art, pre-Columbian art and ancient Chinese art were acquired by José de Guimarães between the 1980s and 2000 in the European market specializing in artistic, archaeological and ethnographic objects, and were loaned to CIAJG to be the basis for its artistic program. The selection of works by José de Guimarães seeks to represent the artist’s sixty years trajectory in the field of painting, sculpture/installation and graphic arts.

Unlike scientific or anthropological museums, the choice of objects in the CIAJG collection corresponds to the sensibility of the “artist-collector” José de Guimarães, who is inspired by them, continually reworking a syncretic vocabulary of cultural references from different parts of the world.

© Alexandre Delmar
© Alexandre Delmar
© Alexandre Delmar

Artists

José de Guimarães

José Maria Fernandes Marques was born on November 25, 1939 in the city of Guimarães, where he lived until 1957. In 1958, already in Lisbon, he began studying painting and drawing with Teresa de Sousa and Gil Teixeira Lopes. He attended engraving courses at Sociedade Cooperativa de Gravadores Portugueses, where he met Hogan, Júlio Pomar, Almada Negreiros, Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, among others.

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José Maria Fernandes Marques was born on November 25, 1939 in the city of Guimarães, where he lived until 1957. In 1958, already in Lisbon, he began studying painting and drawing with Teresa de Sousa and Gil Teixeira Lopes. He attended engraving courses at Sociedade Cooperativa de Gravadores Portugueses, where he met Hogan, Júlio Pomar, Almada Negreiros, Bartolomeu Cid dos Santos, among others.

He left for Paris in 1961, and there he came into contact with Fauve painting, which would influence his future work. This same year, he adopted the pseudonym of José de Guimarães, in honor of his homeland. The following year he traveled to Italy, where he had the opportunity to see frescoes by Michelangelo and paintings by Morandi and Giorgio de Chirico. After another year in Paris, he visited Munich and found Klee, Kandinsky, the Bauhaus and the Die Bruecke.

In 1967, in Africa, he joined a military service commission in Angola, where he remained until 1974. There, he became interested in African ethnography and art. At the heart of José de Guimarães’ art are his travels and 20th century influences, as well as his continued search for new artistic realities. In his journeys to Japan, China, Mexico or Tunisia, he collected important data and perspectives that permeate his works.

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Última atualização: 21 de June, 2022