Soares, António (sold)
António Soares (September, 1894 – July, 1978) was a Portuguese modernist painter, caricaturist, architect, decorator, and set designer active during the early and middle 20th century. Soares was born in Lisbon and had no formal artistic training. He began his career as an illustrator, producing book covers, posters, caricature maps, and announcements, as well as working with magazines such as Ilustração, Magazine Bertrand and ABC. His work is generally modernist and includes caricature with a focus on worldly themes. Later in his career he began to focus on larger painting, murals, and even architectural decoration. Although little known today, he was well respected in his day. He won the Grand Prix at the Paris International Exposition in 1937, received the Columbano Prize twice at the SPN / SNI Modern Art Exhibitions (1935 and 1948), in 1958 was conferred the rank of officer of the Ordem Militar de Sant'Iago da Espada, and in 1962 received the Diário de Notícias Prize.
The European Powder Keg, in Animal Form.
Mappa Humoristico da Europa.
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This is a rare, attractive 1914 António Soares chromolithograph map of Europe satirizing the early stages of the World War I. Such maps had been popularized going as far back as the mid-19th century, with notable examples produced to comment on conflicts such as the Franco-Austrian War, the Crimean War, the Franco-Prussian War, and the Russo-Japanese war; the Great War did not therefore escape this treatment. Produced for a wide audience, such maps were intended to present the relevant conflicts clearly and entertainingly. The present example uses a zoological theme to outline the early explosion of the cataclysm of WWI. (more details)
Extraordinary manuscript satirical map of Europe during World War II with Chinese Text.
Mapa Humoristico Da Europa - Guerra - 1939 / 歐戰现像
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An exceptional zoomorphic satirical map of Europe in 1939, here in manuscript form with all text translated into Chinese. This map is based upon a map drawn by the artist António Soares and published by Livraria Franco just weeks after the October 1939 outbreak ... (more details)