Júlio Pomar

Júlio Pomar (1926 - 2017, Lisbon, Portugal) attended the António Arroio Secondary Art School in Lisbon and the Fine Arts academies of Lisbon and Porto. In 1942 he participated in his first group show, in Lisbon. His first solo exhibition was in Porto, in 1947, where he exhibited some drawings. In these early years, his opposition to Salazar’s dictatorial regime gained him four months in prison, the confiscation of one of his paintings by the political police and the destruction of the 100 m2 mural painting he had executed for the Cinema Batalha in Porto, which was painted over. He lived in Portugal until 1963, when he moved to Paris. He lived and worked between Paris and Lisbon until he died.