A Portuguese Love

Video  - watch João Manuel Serra João Manuel Serra, was known as o Senhor do Adeus - the Lord of Goodbye. He died at age 80 last year's November, in Lisbon the city he loved. Every day he spent hours in the sun or rain watching the passing cars and waving to drivers near an area called the Saldanha. This gentleman was always very well-dressed and had a great passion for movies. He used to blog about the movies he watched on the weekend. He was an educated man coming from a wealthy family. He started waving at people after his mother's death. He was then alone in the world and this helped him to fight loneliness. It started as a joke but soon realized that this simple gesture made people happier and they smiled when they waved back...He was an icon of the city. The singer Marco Rodrigues has a fado called The Saldanha Man​​ on his latest album, Tantas Lisboas . It's a duet with Carlos do Carmo, a well-known fado singer, and with lyrics by Boss AC, a rapper, and mu...

T his small painting "Beard the guise head," an oil on a card (24.5 X19 cm) Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso painted in 1916 was sold for 122,000 euros (170,000 USD) in an auction of Modern and Contemporary Art in Lisbon. The bid came on the phone. Other renowned Portuguese artists of the twentieth century as Abel Salazar, Graça Morais, Menez, Arpad Szenes, Vieira da Silva, and Cesariny, among others, were also represented. Amadeo de Souza-Cardozo was born in 1887 and died in 1918. He had no opportunity to see his work recognized. A precursor of modern art died prematurely at age 31. He just knew the incomprehension of others towards his art. At 19 he moved to Paris taking his first contact with Impressionism, then Expressionism and Cubism. He was a friend of Amadeo Modigliani and they shared a studio and hold exhibitions together in 1911. After attending an exhibition in the United States in 1913 he returned to Portugal where he causes a scandal with his exhibitions respecti...

Founded on April 11, 2011, the Art Institute is a non-profit organization that promotes culture and showcases art from Portugal. It is a space that offers a creative environment for Portuguese artists in the field of art, literature, music, dance, and film. It promotes an innovative artistic dialogue between the many communities in New York and the Portuguese artists. Arte Institute in collaboration with Pilar del Rio and director Miguel Gonçalves Mendes will promote a week of events to honor the Literature Portuguese Nobel Prize winner, José Saramago. The feature film "José e Pilar" by Miguel Gonçalves Mendes is Portugal's Oscar 2011 Submission and will be shown at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). This documentary shows the life of José Saramago, the Literature Nobel Prize winner and his wife Pilar del Rio. If you are in NY try to watch it because it's a wonderful film. Even if you never read anything from him you can still enjoy the movie. It's wonderful ...

The place where wooden toys are made! Meet Azimov, the wood robot with a heart! Cute scooters made of wood! Want to discover more? Go to Oficina dos Brinquedos blog! Check also Facebook for more wooden work. Wooden toys with love Oficina do Alfredo is a family project. We use local sustainable resources and our manufacturing is characterized by handmade and small series. Our goal is to make genuine objects, made by people, with tools that help Man instead of replacing him. Creating soulful toys, wooden toys that can always be repaired and passed from generation to generation, and even become collector’s items. A child’s interaction with these toys opens the doors to their imagination, and the possibility of personalizing and repairing them, and awakens the creativity and sense of conscience that things shouldn’t all be disposable. Stimulating an ecological stance of conservation through play.

The ABC Book of Hand Critters is a cute book authored by Dyango Chavez Cutiño. This ABC book is packed with animals and unique creatures, from Alligators to Zebra, all created by the artist's hand. Discover an imaginative and unique way to teach the ABC's and inspire creativity. With a little imagination, a hand can become anything you dream of the midday sun to the smile of the moon! To learn more about the Hand Critters and see the complete collection you can go here and learn more about Dyango and his work you can go here . How did I find him are you asking? Today I was on a quest for Halloween creatures at Zazzle and I found The Hand Critters! Yes, Dyango has a Zazzle store full of adorable products. It's called Hand Critters . Go there too, it's impossible to resist. Besides he's giving away two books. To learn how don't forget to click and visit his store . It's a Facebook contest, quite easy to enter. Just hurry up!

Happy Halloween! by Gnoppoletta See other greeting card templates on zazzle.com We are moving quickly for Halloween!  In Portugal Halloween tradition is not very strong but each year is gaining more adherents. We call it Dia das Bruxas and this means Witches' Day. I've had the pleasure of presenting a fantastic selection of Halloween party invitations already. Today I bring you an excellent selection of cards and postcards. As always I try to pick different things and styles. In my search, I found the most wonderful artists. As we are all in the mood for Halloween I have no trick for you but I have a treat - I am tweeting each of this card and postcard selection! I hope it brings you more sales! If not ...Happy Halloween! And don't forget you can join my  Twitter  too and let me know yours so I can join back:)) Halloween Dog Card by DoggieAvenue Browse Halloween Cards Little Miss Death with Ice Cream and Bat by partymonster Become a part of Zazzle's a...