José de Almada Negreiros
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Birth Date 7 April 1893
Death Date 15 June 1970
Personal Name José de Almada Negreiros
Alternate Names
- José de Almada Negreiros
- Almada Negreiros
- José de Almada-Negreiros
- Almada-Negreiros
- Jose de Almada Negreiros
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José de Almada Negreiros was a Portuguese artist. He was born in the colony of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, the son of a Portuguese father, António Lobo de Almada Negreiros, and a Santomean mother, Elvira Freire Sobral. Besides literature and painting, Almada developed ballet choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass.