Greyhounds (Souza Cardoso)

Greyhounds (Portuguese: Os Galgos) is a painting by Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, from 1911.

Greyhounds
Portuguese: Os Galgos
Artist	Amadeo de Souza Cardoso
Year	1911
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	100 cm × 73 cm (39 in × 29 in)
Location	Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon

Description

The painting is an oil on canvas with overall dimensions of 100 x 73 centimeters. It is in the collection of the Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, in Lisbon.^{[citation needed]}

Analysis

The scene shows two greyhounds and two hares against a flat background.^[1]

Sources

• João B. Serra; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt; Centro Cultural de Belém (Lisbon, Portugal) (1998). Modern art in Portugal: 1910-1940 : the artist contemporaries of Fernando Pessoa. Edition Stemmle. ISBN 9783908161011.
• Portuguese Art Since 1910: Exhibition at the Diploma Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts, 2nd September to 1st October, 1978 : in Collaboration with the Anglo-Portuguese Society and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. 1978.