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BRANDÃO (Raul). RAUL BRANDÃO & Columbano. [Lisboa]. 1959. - BRANDÃO (Raul) RAUL BRANDÃO & Columbano . Artigos esquecidos do escritor, reproduções de telas do mestre e correspondência de ambos, com uma breve introdução por Manuel Mendes. [Lisboa]: Jornal do Fôro, 1959. 64 pp.: il.; 180 mm. First edition of this collection of texts and images about the friendship between Raul Brandão (Foz do Douro, 1867; Lisbon, 1930) and the painter Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857–1929), organized by Manuel Mendes. This volume brings together articles by Raul Brandão about Columbano, previously scattered throughout the book, reproductions of the painter's canvases, and the correspondence exchanged between the two. The friendship between writer and painter dates back to the late 19th century and was one of the most fruitful of Portuguese modernism: Columbano portrayed Brandão in two paintings, and Brandão dedicated pages of great critical insight to him. The book documents an aesthetic complicity based on the sharing of a world that was simultaneously dark and luminous, marked by symbolism and dramatic irony. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate