Abstract
Em 1900 é fundada a Sociedade Silva Porto, um grupo de pintura que tinha como principais objectivos a realização de excursões de estudo pelo território nacional, com vista à prática da pintura ao ar livre por parte dos alunos da aula de paisagem da Academia de BelasArtes de Lisboa. As actividades desta sociedade decorreram sensivelmente até 1912, sendo gradualmente substituída por um novo colectivo, o Grupo Ar Livre (1910-1927), que seria também ele substituído, em 1927, pelo Grupo Silva Porto (1927-1939). As viagens promovidas pela Sociedade Silva Porto permitiriam aos seus membros passar para o plano pictórico as paisagens e vivências autóctones das várias regiões portuguesas através de um contacto directo com as mesmas. Destes encontros sairiam um conjunto de pinturas que seriam posteriormente apresentadas a cada ano à burguesia lisboeta, na divulgação de um imaginário de matriz ruralista, encarado como fonte de verdade e pureza nacionais, em oposição ao cosmopolitismo do espaço urbano. A presente comunicação pretende avaliar de que forma a longevidade desta metodologia paisagística, mantida como fio condutor dos três grupos apresentados, contribuiu para a construção de um modelo de identidade nacional junto do público português que atravessaria com grande vitalidade os anos finais da Monarquia, a 1ª República e os anos iniciais do Estado Novo.
In 1900 the Portuguese landscape painting group Sociedade Silva Porto was founded. The main goal of this group was the exploration of the national territory by organizing excursions across the country where the landscape painting students of the Lisbon Academy of Arts were able to practise outdoor painting, according to the principles of Naturalism. The activities promoted by Sociedade Silva Porto lasted until 1912, although two years before (1910) a new
landscape painting group had already been founded by the same members who named it Grupo Ar Livre. This second collectivity, which kept the same goals and approach towards painting, would also be substituted by a third one, in 1927, called Grupo Silva Porto. The excursions promoted by Sociedade Silva Porto allowed their members to depict not only landscapes, but also typical figures and traditions of each Portuguese region visited, giving the artists the opportunity of a direct contact with local populations and their vernacular culture. These meetings gave rise to a significant number of works, which were presented each year to the Lisbon bourgeoisie at collective exhibitions. Throughout the years, the paintings on display helped spreading a rural and picturesque imaginary amongst the urban population, which was perceived by the art critic of the time as a source of national truth and purity in opposition to the cosmopolitism of the city environment. This communication aims to assess in which way the longevity of this landscape painting methodology, kept as a common thread in the three groups above presented, contributed to the formation and shaping of a national identity model, based on vernacular images and traditions from the last years of the Monarchy, to the Republican regime and the initial period of Estado Novo dictatorial regime.
In 1900 the Portuguese landscape painting group Sociedade Silva Porto was founded. The main goal of this group was the exploration of the national territory by organizing excursions across the country where the landscape painting students of the Lisbon Academy of Arts were able to practise outdoor painting, according to the principles of Naturalism. The activities promoted by Sociedade Silva Porto lasted until 1912, although two years before (1910) a new
landscape painting group had already been founded by the same members who named it Grupo Ar Livre. This second collectivity, which kept the same goals and approach towards painting, would also be substituted by a third one, in 1927, called Grupo Silva Porto. The excursions promoted by Sociedade Silva Porto allowed their members to depict not only landscapes, but also typical figures and traditions of each Portuguese region visited, giving the artists the opportunity of a direct contact with local populations and their vernacular culture. These meetings gave rise to a significant number of works, which were presented each year to the Lisbon bourgeoisie at collective exhibitions. Throughout the years, the paintings on display helped spreading a rural and picturesque imaginary amongst the urban population, which was perceived by the art critic of the time as a source of national truth and purity in opposition to the cosmopolitism of the city environment. This communication aims to assess in which way the longevity of this landscape painting methodology, kept as a common thread in the three groups above presented, contributed to the formation and shaping of a national identity model, based on vernacular images and traditions from the last years of the Monarchy, to the Republican regime and the initial period of Estado Novo dictatorial regime.
Translated title of the contribution | The Society Silva Porto Expeditions (1900-1912) amongst the Portuguese territory: The landscape regist as a means toward the creation of a national identity |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Title of host publication | Estudos de Paisagem |
Editors | Pedro Fidalgo |
Place of Publication | Lisbon |
Publisher | IHC-Instituto de História Contemporânea |
Pages | 327-354 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Volume | 1 |
Edition | 1st |
ISBN (Print) | 978-972-96844-8-7 |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Event | Congresso Iberomericano de Estudos de Paisagem - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal Duration: 16 Mar 2017 → 17 Mar 2017 |
Conference
Conference | Congresso Iberomericano de Estudos de Paisagem |
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Country/Territory | Portugal |
City | Lisbon |
Period | 16/03/17 → 17/03/17 |
Keywords
- Pintura de Paisagem
- Identidade Nacional
- Geografia da Arte
- Naturalismo
- Cultura Vernacular
- Landscape Painting
- National Identity
- Geography of Art
- Naturalism
- Vernacular Culture