O ENCANTO DA FIGURA DE ALMADA NUM DOMINGO LISBOETA
This painting draws on Almada Negreiros and his triptych Domingo Lisboeta (Lisbon Sunday). I did not set out to reproduce the original work, but to use some of its references to build a composition of my own. On the right, Almada appears, recognisable by his black beret, amid a gathering of human and animal characters. The figures overlap, cross paths and seem to take part in a collective scene, marked by the presence of a female figure in shades of yellow and red. Further up, a white figure stands out in the middle of the composition, while the moon occupies the upper right corner. The painting comes alive through the contrast between the deep blue of the background and the strength of the reds, yellows and oranges. With their expressive forms and varied proportions, the figures create a space where reality and imagination meet. Part of the Origins series, this work engages with a defining figure of Portuguese modernism while still asserting my own pictorial language. Here, Almada is a starting point for a composition where characters, gestures and colours intersect and give rise to a new visual reading.
- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Acrylic on Canvas
- Dimensions
- 80 × 100 cm
- Status
- Available
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Corre-Pé
Some painters portray people. Corre-Pé paints what people carry inside. A Portuguese contemporary artist with a studio in Alhos Vedros, Corre-Pé grew up with painting close at hand from a very early age. In 2000 he decided to take it seriously, and he has never stopped questioning, researching and refining his own visual language since. Today he describes his work as Contemporary Social Art, a practice that looks at identity, collective behaviour, human relationships and what it means to be human. The human figure is at the heart of everything he does. Corre-Pé distorts it, multiplies it and wraps it in expressive lines and bold primary colours, the red, blue and yellow that have become his signature. From old taverns to fado, from the shared table to the big questions of the human condition, his canvases turn scenes of Portuguese everyday life into symbolic images full of energy, humour and unease. His process is as unique as the result. Before the paint, there are always words. Notes, memories, conversations and observations that later take shape directly on the canvas, almost without sketches, leaving room for intuition and the unexpected. His path speaks to the strength of this language. In 2026 he was recognised by The Christie’s Owners Collection and selected as a finalist for the Premio Brera in Milan with Transformation, a work inspired by Kafka’s The Metamorphosis. He was also a finalist at the III Concurso de Pintura Ciudad de Martos (2025), received an Honourable Mention at the Dama de Oro Prize (2024) and the Revelation Award at Exporádico in Alhos Vedros (2016). He has held solo exhibitions at the Museu Nacional Ferroviário, the Galeria Municipal de São Brás de Alportel, Galeria Geraldes da Silva and the Núcleo Museológico de Favaios, and has taken part in group shows in Portugal and abroad, from Lisbon to Miami. His works are held in private collections in Portugal, Switzerland and North America.
