The shepherds
Naive Art
1955
96.0 x 168.0 cm
National Azulejo Museum
Maria Keil (b. 1914 – d. 2012) developed a vast oeuvre in painting, illustration, engraving, tapestry and azulejos. As far these last are concerned she made a name by being the first Portuguese artist to give azulejos a modern look, based on the Portuguese azulejo-making tradition which she studied in depth, at a time when the national art community still considered azulejos as artisanal work. In 1959 the first underground stations of Metropolitano de Lisboa were inaugurated, along a project by her husband, the architect Francisco Keil do Amaral (b. 1910 – d. 1975), and Maria Keil was given ten stations to decorate. The revetments she designed between this date and 1972 reveal the complex simplicity that marks her production. In this panel, dated 1955, Maria Keil once again revisits Portuguese tradition by suggesting on one same azulejo simultaneously the chequered technique and the three-dimensional illusion of the
maria keil / fábrica de cerâmica viúva lamego(1914 – 1994)
Discover Maria Keil & Fábrica de Cerâmica Viúva Lamego's stunning azulejos! Explore her iconic tilework, including Lisbon Metro designs & Masonic symbols. A pioneer of modern Portuguese ceramics.
National Azulejo Museum(リスボン, ポルトガル)
リスボンのアズレージョ美術館。ポルトガルの陶器タイル芸術の歴史、マドレ・デウス修道院を巡る旅。18世紀から現代までの色彩豊かな物語を発見してください。
作品詳細
- 作品名: The shepherds
- 作家: maria keil / fábrica de cerâmica viúva lamego
- 制作年: 1955
- 作品サイズ: 96.0 x 168.0 cm
- 技法: Panoramic
- 著作権の状態: 著作権保護対象
- 展示場所: National Azulejo Museum
- コーパスの文脈: early lisbon metro designs , geometric abstraction
- 主要な色: Gray
- キーワード: rural scene azulejos , maria keil azulejo , artisan tile design