ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the course of modern art in Portugal, particularly the reception of expressionism. As a result of long history and rich cultural traditions, the development of art in Portugal, especially at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, took a different route. At the beginning of the 1900s, Portugal was a country with a very low level of urbanization and an essentially agricultural economy. The journal showcased the development of modern art in Portugal and, by publishing provocative and unprecedented avant-garde literature and visual art, caused a furor that made it the day’s top story. The artist who had the most significant and lasting influence on the development of modern art in Portugal and beyond was Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso. Portuguese expressionism had its own unique development, shaped not only by history but also by the lives of the few modernist artists in Portugal.
