Henrique Bernardelli
{{Short description|Brazilian painter (1857–1936)}}
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| birth_date = 15 July 1857
| birth_place = Valparaíso, Chile
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| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| nationality = Brazilian
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Henrique Bernardelli (15 July 1857 – 6 April 1936) was a Brazilian painter.
Life and Works
Henrique Bernardelli was born in Valparaiso, Chile. He was the brother of sculptor Rodolfo, and painter and violinist Félix.{{cite web|url=http://zeliasalgado.art.br/en/enba/elo-irmaos-bernardelli/|title=The Bernardelli Brothers|author=Zelia Salgado|access-date=29 July 2014|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101075337/http://zeliasalgado.art.br/en/enba/elo-irmaos-bernardelli/|url-status=dead}}
In 1865 he moved with his family to Rio Grande do Sul when his parents (a violinist and a dancer), were contracted by the emperor Pedro II to be tutors to the imperial princesses.{{cite web|url=http://www.portalartes.com.br/classicos/156-henrique-bernardelli.html|publisher=Portal Artes|language=Portuguese|title=Henrique Bernardelli}} In 1867 they moved to Rio de Janeiro.
In 1870 he enrolled in the Academia Imperial de Belas Artes (AIBA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, studying with painters of outstanding importance such as Victor Meirelles and Agostinho José da Mota. In 1878 he took Brazilian nationality to be eligible for AIBA's European travel award. He lost the award to Rodolfo Amoedo but travelled to Rome in 1879 using his own resources. There he encountered the work of such artists as Francesco Paolo Michetti e Giovanni Segantini.
Back in Rio de Janeiro in 1888 he participated in a number of exhibitions: In 1889 at the Paris Universal Exhibition, where he won a bronze medal with the painting Os Bandeirantes; in 1890 at the General Exhibition of Fine Arts, where he showed the works Dicteriade, Tarantella and Calle de Venezia; and in 1893 at the Chicago Universal Exhibition with Messalina, Mater and Proclamação da República.
In 1891 he became a teacher of painting of the recently inaugurated Escola Nacional de Belas Artes. He kept contact with the Italian figurative culture, constantly travelling to cities such as Rome, Naples and Venice. He taught at the school until replaced by Eliseu Visconti in 1906 when he began to give private lessons in his studio, at the same time receiving private commissions.
His performance as a decorator deserves attention, having worked on the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro, the National Library and the National Museum of Fine Arts. In 1916 he won one of the highest awards that an artist can aspire to in Brazil: the Medal of Honour. He was also a member of the Superior Council of Fine Arts to which he rendered important services.
A large part of the work of Henrique Bernardelli was donated to the state´s art collection. There is a bust of him with his brother Rodolfo in Praça do Lido, Copacabana, by the sculptor {{ill|Hildegardo Leão Veloso|pt}}.{{cite web|url=http://copacabana.com/praca-do-lido/|title=Praça do Lido|publisher=copacabana.com}}
Gallery
Image:Bernardelli-mater-mnba.jpg|Motherhood
Image:Henrique Bernardelli - Paisagem de Ouro Preto.jpg|Ouro Preto Countryside
Image:Republica1889.jpg|Declaration of the Republic (Deodoro da Fonseca)
Image:Retrato de Machado de Assis (1905), por H. Bernardelli.jpg|Machado de Assis, 1905
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Fonte mineira, 1927, óleo sobre tela, 31 x 24 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Fountain in Minas Gerais, 1927
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Garimpeiro em Diamantina, MG, sem data, óleo sobre tela sobre madeira, 23,3 x 13,5 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpeg|Miner in Diamantina, undated
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Retrato de Carlos Américo, 23-11-1918, óleo sobre tela, 33,5 x 28 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Portrait of Carlos Américo, 1918
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Moça na fonte, óleo sobre tela, 27,3 x 18 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Girl at the fountain
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Estudo para decoração da Sala Martinelli, 20-01-1931, óleo sobre madeira, 27,5 x 27,5 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Study for the decoration of Sala Martinelli, 1931
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Pombas, óleo sobre tela sobre cartão, 18,3 x 36 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Doves
Image:HENRIQUE BERNARDELLI (1858 - 1936), Retrato de Jovem Garota, 1922, óleo sobre cartão, 31 x 23,4 cm, Photo Gedley Belchior Braga.jpg|Portrait of a young girl, 1922
References
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Further reading
- Dicionário de Curiosidades do Rio de Janeiro, A. Campos – Da Costa e Silva, São Paulo, S/d.
External links
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- [http://www.dezenovevinte.net/bios/bio_hb.htm DezenoveVinte – Arte brasileira do século XIX e início do XX]
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