1896
oil
canvas
From the collection of Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Portrait of Dr. Manoel Lopes de Oliveira is a 1896 oil by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, a Impressionism work, held at Pinacoteca de São Paulo.
This portrait features a man with dark hair and a beard, dressed in a black jacket, white shirt, and gray striped pants. He stands beside a wooden desk, holding a book in his left hand. The background is a warm, dark brown color. The man's attire and the style of the desk suggest a formal, professional setting. The artist has used a range of earth tones to create a sense of depth and texture in the painting. For more information on the artist's use of chiaroscuro, a technique that uses strong contrasts between light and dark to create a sense of volume, look up chiaroscuro.
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899) was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the Realistic tradition of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet.
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