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Maximiano Alves

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Maximiano Alves (22 August 1888 – 22 January 1954) was a Portuguese sculptor.[1]

Biography

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Monumento aos Mortos da Grande Guerra, Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon

Alves was born in Lisbon. He was the son of the engraver of the mint. He finished his course on sculpture at Lisbon School of Fine Arts in 1911, where he attended with a sculptor Simões de Almeida (his uncle) and two painters Luciano Freire and Ernesto Condeixa.

Monument to António Lereno at Lereno Square in the center of Praia

He was awarded with a rank of an official of the Order of Christ, later he took part in the conception and execution of the Great War Monument in Lisbon.

He took part in artistic works in different periodical publications, one example was a review Alma Nova which was published in Faro in 1914.

Expositions

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He took part in different expositions including:

Selected works

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At the João de Deus Museum-School:

At the Museu da Marinha (Marine Museum)

At the Palácio de São Bento

  • Statue of Diplomacy (Estátua da Diplomacia), at the "Hall of Sessions" (Sala das Sessões)
  • Statue of "Força" ("Strength") at the entrance[2]
  • Bust of António Cândido, in the atrium
  • Bust of Hintze Ribeiro, in the atrium

In Cape Verde:

In Macau:

Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon

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Sculptures, Monumental Fountain, Lisbon

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Força, Palácio de S. Bento, Lisbon

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References

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  1. ^ "Maximiano Alves (1888–1954)". Portuguese Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  2. ^ "A "Força"" (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Portuguese Republic. Retrieved 22 July 2014.>

Bibliography

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  • Bethencourt, Francisco, Chaudhuri, Kirti, dir – A História da expansão Portuguesa (History of the Portuguese Expansion). Lisboa, Circle of Letters, 1998
  • Saial, Joaquim – Estatuária Portuguesa dos Anos 30 (1926–1940) (Portuguese Statues in the 1930s (1926–1940)). Lisbon, Bertrand, 1991
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