Lourdes Leite Biography

Lisbon, 1935

A well-known Portugese painter, Lourdes Leite works with oil and acrylic on canvas. His work forms a part of numerous public and private collections.

He began his studies in painting and drawing at the National Society of Fine Arts in the Cooperative of Portuguese Print Makers, and received a scholarship from the Fundacion Calouste Gulbenkian.

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS:

1987

? Galeria S. Francisco. Lisbon, Portugal - - Secretaria Regional de Turismo y Cultura. Madeira, Portugal

1977

? Museo de Angra do Heroismo. Azores, Portugal

1975

? Galeria Grafil. Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Awards AND HONORS:

1997

? Edicion prize in the "II Exposiçao Nacional de Gravura" - Fundacion Calouste Gulbenkian. Lisbon, Portugal

1987

? First prize in painting in the "VIII Salao de Outono" ? Casino Estoril. Estoril, Portugal

1980

? First prize in painting ? Casino Estoril. Estoril, Portugal

1977

? Edicion prize in the "I Exposiçao Nacional de Gravura" - Fundacion Calouste Gulbenkian. Lisbon, Portugal

1969

? Silver medal in the "Salao de Arte Moderna" - Junta de Turismo de la Costa del Sol. Esteril, Portugal

1967

? Revelacion prize in the "Salao de Arte Moderna" ? Junta de Turismo de la Costa del Sol. Esteril, Portugal

1966

? "Constantino Fernandes" prize awarded by the Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes