Sousa Pinto
Júlio de Souza Pinto (1856–1939), a naturalist painter born in Angra, settled in Pont-Scorff, Brittany, in 1903. According to Ana Paula Rebelo Correia, “the diversity of the landscape, the beauty of an unspoiled nature, and the tranquility inherent in a region that remained relatively isolated and preserved were appealing factors for artists seeking something completely different from the bustle of Paris. Over four decades, Souza Pinto interpreted the Breton landscape in his painting, its multiple atmospheric changes, and its inhabitants and customs,” as exemplified in this rural scene where a girl, exposed to the intense sunlight that gilds the wheat, makes a noise with a cane device to protect the ears from the voracity of sparrows.
This painting is on display in the long-term exhibition of the Museum of Angra do Heroismo, From Sea and Land… a History in the Atlantic.
