Jorge Colaço

Jorge Colaço GOSE
Born	(1868-02-26)26 February 1868 Tangier, Morocco
Died	23 August 1942(1942-08-23) (aged 74) Oeiras, Portugal
Nationality	Portuguese
Known for	Painting
Notable work	Media related to Jorge Colaço at Wikimedia Commons
Movement	Romanticism

Jorge Colaço GOSE (26 February 1868 - 23 August 1942) was a Portuguese painter specially known for his works as tile (azulejo) painter.

Jorge Colaço was born in Tangier, Morocco, the son of a Portuguese diplomat.^[1] He studied art in Lisbon, Madrid and Paris.

Even though Jorge Colaço was a canvas painter and caricaturist, he specialised in designing and painting azulejo panels to decorate large surfaces. His designs had a late Romantic taste, celebrating the achievements of Portuguese history. Along with historical themes, he also produced ethnographic and landscape scenes.^[2]

Among his most important works are tile panels in the Palace Hotel of Bussaco (1907); São Bento railway station in Porto (1905–1916); Sports Pavilion of Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon (1922); façade of the Church of Saint Ildefonso in Porto (1932) and many others. He also has works in Brazil, England (Windsor Castle), Geneva (Centre William Rappard^[3]) and other countries.

Gallery

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  Tile panel (1922) in the Eduardo VII Park in Lisbon.
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  "Working on the Beach", at National Museum of the Azulejo.
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  "Popular Revolt, 1637" at Évora Train Station.
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  Tile panel at Vasco da Gama stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
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  "The Death of The Lidador" (1940) in the Beja Public Park, Beja, Portugal.
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  "They're Goats, Sire", monument in Ponte de Lima, Portugal.
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  Representing the acclamation of King John IV of Portugal, in 1640, Ponte de Lima, Portugal 1940.
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  Egas Moniz and his Family Before King Alfonso VII of Leon, 1903, at the São Bento Train Station in Porto.
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  Arrival of the Caique Bom Sucesso in Brazil.
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  Manuelinho revolt- azulejo by Jorge Colaço at Évora railway station
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  Revolt against the French, public monument in Olhão.
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  Conquest of Ceuta
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  "Afonso de Albuequerque in the Taking of Hormuz", 1933, Centro Cultural Rodrigues de Faria, Forjães.
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  The entry of King João I of Portugal in Porto, after his marriage with Philippa of Lancaster.
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  Azulejos depicting the Adamastor, in Centro Cultural Rodrigues de Faria, Forjães, Esposende, Portugal, from Jorge Colaço
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  "Nuno Álvares Pereira at the Battle of Aljubarrota", in Centro Cultural Rodrigues de Faria, Forjães
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  "Velada Hidroelectric Station" at the Vale do Peso Train Station.
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  "Foz Station" at the Vale do Peso Train Station
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  "Calvário, Nisa" at the Vale do Peso Train Station
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  "Ceramics, Nisa" at the Vale do Peso Train Station
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  "18th century Fountain" at the Vale do Peso Train Station
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  Adamastor, at Palace Hotel Bussaco.
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  Decorative tile panel at Bussaco Palace Hotel.
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  Decorative tile panel at Bussaco Palace Hotel.
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  Tile panel at Santo Ildefonso church in Portugal.
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  "Southern Cross" at Edward VII Park in Lisbon.

Distinctions

National orders

• Grand Officer of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (16 September 1936)^[4]

References

1. Camões Institute: review of Os Colaço, uma família portuguesa em Tânger by Jorge Forjaz [1] Archived 2005-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Camões Institute: History of the Azulejo in Portugal". Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
3. WTO Building; Centre William Rappard
4. "Cidadãos Nacionais Agraciados com Ordens Portuguesas". Página Oficial das Ordens Honoríficas Portuguesas. Retrieved 20 November 2023.