Pedro Américo

Pedro Américo

Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (29 April 1843 – 7 October 1905) was a Brazilian painter. He was also a writer, art theorist, essayist, and professor, but became known as one of the most important academic painters of Brazil.

He was influenced by neoclassicism, romanticism and realism in his painting, where it stands out his works related to the history of Brazil, like Independência ou Morte!, about the proclamation of the independence of his country, in 1822.