{{Short description|Brazilian painter (1857–1921)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{expand Portuguese|date=March 2018|topic=bio}} {{Infobox artist | name = Rodolfo Amoedo | image = Rodolfo Amoedo - Auto-Retrato , 1921.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Rodolfo Amoedo, ''Self-portrait,'' 1921 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1857|12|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | death_date = {{death date and age|1941|5|31|1857|12|11|df=y}} | death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | resting_place = | residence = | education = Liceu de Artes e Ofícios, Rio de Janeiro; Academia Imperial de Belas Artes; École des Beaux-arts, Paris | alma_mater = | known_for = Painting, designing | notable_works = ''Más Notícias''<br>''{{Interlanguage link|O Último Tamoio|pt|O Último Tamoio}}'' | style = | movement = Orientalist | spouse = | partner = | awards = | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = | module = }} '''Rodolfo Amoedo''' (11 December 1857 – 31 May 1941) was a Brazilian painter, designer and decorator. He is the Patron of the 32nd chair of the Brazilian Academy of Fine Arts.<ref name="ABBASeats">{{cite web |title=De Cadeira (De Grau) |url=https://academiabrasileiradeartes.org.br/academicos/de-cadeira-de-grau/ |website=Academia Brasileira de Belas Artes |access-date=21 May 2026 |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
==Biography== His interest in art and decoration began when a family friend invited him to do work on the now defunct Teatro São Pedro. In 1873, he enrolled at the "{{ill|Liceu de Artes e Ofícios do Rio de Janeiro|pt}}", where he studied with Victor Meirelles. The following year, he transferred to the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes.<ref name="V">[http://www.dezenovevinte.net/bios/bio_ra.htm DezenoveVinte: Brief biography]</ref> His teachers there included João Zeferino da Costa, Agostinho José da Mota and the sculptor Francisco Manuel Chaves Pinheiro. In 1878, his painting on the ''O Sacrifício de Abel'' narrowly won him a travel fellowship to study in Europe.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal |last=Jorge |first=Marcelo Gonczarowska |date=2 April 2010 |title=As pinturas indianistas de Rodolfo Amoedo |url=http://www.dezenovevinte.net/obras/ra_indianismo.htm |journal=19&20 |language=pt-BR |volume=2 |issn=1981-030X |access-date=2025-04-12}}</ref> thumb|125px|left|Earlier self-portrait From 1879 to 1887, he lived and studied in Paris. Initially, he attended the Académie Julian, but finally managed to enroll at the École des Beaux-arts in 1880, where he received the guidance of Alexandre Cabanel, Paul Baudry and Puvis de Chavannes.<ref name="V" /> From 1882 to 1884, he participated in the Salon while developing his primary themes of mythology, Biblical scenarios and Indianismo.<ref name=":0" />
In 1895, he painted ''Más Notícias''.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Nicolich |first=Natália dos Santos |date=2019 |title=''Más Notícias'': Rodolpho Amoedo e a pintura intimista no final do século XIX |url=http://www.dezenovevinte.net/obras/nsn_amoedo.htm |journal=19&20 |language=pt-BR |volume=1 |pages=np |doi=10.52913/19e20.XIV1.06 |issn=1981-030X |doi-access=free}}</ref> He won a gold medal at the "Exposição Nacional Comemorativa do 1º Centenário da Abertura dos Portos do Brasil" (1908).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/pessoa21342/rodolfo-amoedo |title=Rodolfo Amoedo |date=2025-01-16 |publisher=Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural de Arte e Cultura Brasileira |isbn=978-85-7979-060-7 |access-date=2025-02-05}}</ref>
He later became a Professor at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (ENBA), where he encouraged students to research the various process of painting (tempera, encaustic, watercolor etc.). He also served as Vice-Director and Acting Director on several occasions.<ref name="V" />
In addition to his canvases, he painted panels for the Supremo Tribunal Federal in 1909, the Biblioteca Nacional and the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro in 1916.<ref name=":1" /> Two years later, he was awarded the Second Chair in the School of Painting, a position he held until 1934. Among his best-known students were the brothers Arthur and João Timóteo da Costa, Lucílio de Albuquerque, Eliseu Visconti and Cândido Portinari.<ref name=":1" />
==Selected paintings== <gallery mode=packed heights=145> File:Rodolfo Amoedo - Morte de Atala.jpg|''The Death of Atala'' (1883) File:Ultimo tamoio 1883.jpg|''The Last Tamoio'' (1883) File:Rodolfo Amoedo - A narração de Filectas, 1887.jpg|''The Narrative of Philitas'' (1887) File:Rodolfo Amoedo - Retrato de Mulher.jpg|''Portrait of a Woman'' (1892) </gallery>
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==Further reading== C. Calza et al.: ''Analysis of paintings from the 19th century Brazilian painter Rodolfo Amoedo using EDXRF portable system.'' In: X-Ray Spectrometry. No. 38 (2009), Vol.4, ISSN 0049-8246
==External links== {{commonscat inline|Rodolfo Amoedo}}
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