Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia

Part of the first neorealist wave, Manuel Ribeiro de Pavia (1907-1957) is considered to be one of the most significant designers and illustrators of the 20th century. Always critical and attentive to the Portuguese reality, his ink-shaded calligraphic drawings are filled with a coherent and dreamy lyricism. Born in Pavia, the Alentejo town from which he adopted his last name, he created – akin to Mexican art – a stylistic typology where a canon of peasant beauty promotes the defense and praise of rural workers. His work in the field of illustration played a major role in the graphic requalification of the Portuguese book. In this exhibition, some original works are shown, as well as some of the many books illustrated by him. At the same time, the history of the National Society of Fine Arts itself, renewed in 1945 through the General Exhibitions of Fine Arts, is also revisited by a group in which the artist occupied a prominent place.

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