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Guilherme António Correia

Guilherme António Correia 1829-1890 Painter and teacher

Guilherme António Correia, son of António José Correia and Tomásia Rosa Graça, and brother of João António Correia (1822-1896), was born in the parish of Sé, in Porto, on 23 May 1829.
He started learning drawing and painting with his brother, who taught him at the Porto Academy of Fine Arts, where he took the Painting course between 1840 and 1849.
At this school, he took Anatomy as a volunteer student (1840-1842) and regular student (1843), Perspective as a volunteer student (1840-1842) and regular student (1843), Historical Painting as a volunteer student (1844), and Architecture as a regular and volunteer student (1848-1849).

He continued his studies in Paris, with private funds raised by Joaquim Torcato Álvares Ribeiro (1803-1868), teacher and director of the Polytechnic Academy of Porto. He attended the workshop of Adolphe Yvon (1817-1893), a master who, in the competition "concours des Places", in 1851, made sure that the candidate was prepared for the competition to access the National School of Fine Arts of Paris. He was also taught by Horace Vernet, Nanteuil, Petitot and Robert Fleury.

Back in Portugal, he devoted himself to painting portraits and giving private tutoring. He designed the frontispiece of Baquet Theatre (1858-1888), erected by the tailor António Pereira Baquet. He was part of the jury of the Department of Fine Arts of the International Exhibition of Porto of 1865. He was appointed Merit Academic of the Porto Academy of Fine Arts in 1867, and three years later he joined the teaching staff of the Industrial Institute of Porto, as a teacher of the 8^th chair - Decorative Drawing -, and presented the dissertation "Artes do Desenho" [Arts of Drawing].

Guilherme Correia was a reputed designer and lithographer. Noteworthy in this area are the portraits of the Bishop of Porto, D. Jerónimo José da Costa Rebello, of Santa Margarida de Cortona, based on a work of the painter Vieira Portuense, and of "Dom João Rei de Portugal", work based on a drawing by Miguel Ângelo Lupi (1826-1883), published in France in 1866.

Guilherme António Correia was married to Albina Júlia Correia. He died on 1890. Although his reputation never matched that of his older brother, painter António Correia, he shared with him some of the leading role in the artistic scene of Porto in the 19^th century.
(Universidade Digital / Gestão de Informação, 2011)