Maximiano Alves

Maximiano Alves (22 August 1888 – 22 January 1954) was a Portuguese sculptor.

Biography

Alves was born in Lisbon. He was the son of the engraver of the mint. He finished his course on sculpture at Lisbon School of Fine Arts in 1911, where he attended with a sculptor Simões de Almeida (his uncle) and two painters Luciano Freire and Ernesto Condeixa.

He was awarded with a rank of an official of the Order of Christ, later he took part in the conception and execution of the Great War Monument in Lisbon.

He took part in artistic works in different periodical publications, one example was a review Alma Nova which was published in Faro in 1914.

Expositions He took part in different expositions including:

Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, in 1929 International and Colonial Exposition, Paris, in 1931 Portuguese World Exhibition, Lisbon. in 1940

Selected works Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon, 1931 Fountain at Alviela Canal, Sacavém, 1940 Sculptures of the Monumental Fountain, Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, Lisboa, c. 1940 Bust of Marechal Carmona Bust of Cesário Verde, Lisbon, 1955 Bust of D. João da Câmara, Lisbon, 1953 Bust of Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade At the João de Deus Museum-School: Bust of Casimiro Freire Bust of Pedro Gomes da Silva At the Museu da Marinha (Marine Museum) Statue of Vasco da Gama Statue of D. Manuel I Statue of Afonso de Albuquerque At the Palácio de São Bento Statue of Diplomacy (Estátua da Diplomacia), at the "Hall of Sessions" (Sala das Sessões) Statue of "Força" ("Strength") at the entrance Bust of António Cândido, in the atrium Bust of Hintze Ribeiro, in the atrium

In Cape Verde: Monument to Dr. António Lereno, at António Loreno Square in the city of Praia In Macau: Monument to the governor João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, 1940 Monument to Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita, 1940

Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon

Sculptures, Monumental Fountain, Lisbon

Força, Palácio de S. Bento, Lisbon