Baron of Santo Ângelo | |
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 Porto-Alegre by Ferdinand Krumholz,c. 1848 | |
| Born | Manuel José de Araújo (1806-11-29)29 November 1806 |
| Died | 30 December 1879(1879-12-30) (aged 73) |
| Pen name | Tibúrcio do Amarante |
| Occupation | Writer, painter,caricaturist, professor,diplomat, architect |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Fine Arts |
| Period | 19th century |
| Genre | Poetry,theatre,painting,drawing,editorial cartoon |
| Literary movement | Romanticism |
| Spouse | Ana Paulina Delamare |
| Children | Carlota Porto-Alegre Paulo Porto-Alegre |
 Coat of Arms of the Baron of Santo Ângelo | |
Manuel José de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (29 November 1806 – 30 December 1879), was a BrazilianRomantic writer, painter, architect, diplomat and professor, considered to be one of the first Brazilianeditorial cartoonists ever. He is the patron of the 32nd chair of theBrazilian Academy of Letters.
Porto-Alegre was born Manuel José de Araújo inRio Pardo,Rio Grande do Sul, to Francisco José de Araújo and Francisca Antônia Viana. He would change his name to Manuel de Araújo Pitangueira during theindependence of Brazil, citingnativist reasons. Later on, he finally changed it to Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre.
In 1826, he moved toRio de Janeiro, in order to study painting withJean-Baptiste Debret at theImperial Academy of Fine Arts. He also studied at what is now theAcademia Militar das Agulhas Negras and took a medicine course and philosophy. In 1831, he left Brazil along with Debret to Europe, in order to improve his painting techniques. In 1835, he went to Italy, where he metGonçalves de Magalhães, another Brazilian poet. Porto-Alegre and Magalhães would create in France, in the year of 1837, a short-lived magazine namedNiterói, alongsideFrancisco de Sales Torres Homem. Also in 1837, he becamehistory painting teacher at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, in a post that would last until 1848, when he became a drawing teacher at the Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras, and started doing his first caricatures. In 1838, he married Ana Paulina Delamare, having two children with her: Carlota Porto-Alegre (the future wife of painterPedro Américo) and future diplomat Paulo Porto-Alegre.
In 1840 he was named the official painter and decorator of emperorPedro II's palace. He decorated theimperial palace inPetrópolis, the wedding of Pedro II withTeresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and the emperor's coronation. He was decorated with theOrder of Christ and theOrder of the Rose.
Reuniting with Gonçalves de Magalhães and Torres Homem, he founded a periodic namedMinerva Brasiliense, that lasted from 1843 to 1845. He would publish in this periodic his poemBrasiliana. In 1844, alongside Torres Homem, he founded the humoristic magazineLanterna Mágica, where he published his caricatures.
In 1849, Porto-Alegre founded the magazineGuanabara, alongsideJoaquim Manuel de Macedo andGonçalves Dias. The magazine, considered the official journal of the Romantic movement in Brazil, lasted until 1856.
In 1852, he entered the political career, assuming a position as a substitute councilman in theMunicipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro, lending service in the areas ofurbanism and public health. He exercised this post until 1854, the year when he became the headmaster of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, lasting until 1857.
In 1860, Porto-Alegre entered the diplomatic career, where he served as the consul of theEmpire of Brazil in theKingdom of Prussia, in theKingdom of Saxony and later inPortugal, where he died. (Porto-Alegre's remains were brought to Brazil in 1922.)
He was granted the title of Baron of Santo Ângelo by emperor Pedro II in 1874, and was a member of theBrazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.
While inDresden in 1865, Porto-Alegre wrote a letter to Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, then-tutor ofPrincess Isabel's children, in which he reveals that he became aSpiritist and was able topsychograph messages from the Underworld, and Isabel would ask him "who was [her] guardian spirit". The letter, now being kept at theBrazilian National Archives, has 12 pages.[1]
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| Preceded by New creation | Baron of Santo Ângelo 1874 — 1879 | Succeeded by None |
| Preceded by New creation |  Brazilian Academy of Letters -Patron of the 32nd chair | Succeeded by Carlos de Laet (founder) |
