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Pintomeira
Lives and works in braga, Portugal
www.pintomeira.com
Born in Deocriste, viana, Portugal. In 1967, Pintomeira Following a short stay in Africa, guiné, he leaves
abandons his formation in architecture and, opting in 1972 to Paris together with Dutch painter M.
for painting, leaves to Lisbon where he frequents De Hartog. In 1973 he settles down in Amsterdam,
a collective studio in Mouraria. During this time, in netherlands, where he studies painting and
Lisbon, he meets some surrealist painters (Cesariny, filmmaking. In 1978, Pintomeira finishes his
Cruzeiro Seixas, Raul Perez) who influenced him on surrealist period with participation at the Salon
choosing surrealism as his first plastic expression. Metamorphoses in honor of René Magritte at
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