GOMES PEREIRA, Jose Alberto, portuguese painter (Riachos, Ribatejo, 1943) is a unique figure of portuguese painting. Educated in Lourenco Marques, now Maputo, Mozambique, he began his foray into the art world with his nanking drawing 'Balada de Breu' (Ballad of Darkness), based on the works of Jose Afonso whose song 'Grandola Vila Morena', was used years later as a signal and anthem, of the revolution of 1974 in Portugal (the singer brought the ballads to the 'Tertulias' - literary gatherings - attended by both during the evenings in Lourenco Marques - 1967. Another witness lost in time in which he denounced...more
