Roque Gameiro

Alfredo Roque Gameiro (4 April 1864 - 15 August 1935) was a Portuguese painter and graphic artist.

Biography

Alfredo Roque Gameiro was born in Minde, Portugal. When he was ten years old, he went to live in Lisbon with his oldest brother, Justin, who owned a lithography studio. He studied at the "Faculty of Fine Arts" of the University of Lisbon, where was one of his professors. After receiving a scholarship from the Portuguese government, he attended the "Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst" in Leipzig and studied lithography with Ludwig Nieper (1826–1906). Raquel Roque Gameiro Ottolini (1889–1970), also a watercolorist, (1890–1944), who worked with diverse materials. Helena Roque Gameiro (1895–1986), a landscape painter who married the film director José Leitão de Barros, (1901–1996), oil and watercolor painter; married to painter Jaime Martins Barata Ruy Roque Gameiro (1907–1935), a sculptor who, despite his short life, is the best-known. His sculptures may be seen in Portugal and Mozambique.

Works

Quadros da História de Portugal

Lisboa Velha, 1925

História de Portugal Popular e Ilustrada