António Pedro

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António Pedro (1909-1966) was a Portuguese painter born to a prominent family from the Cape Verde Islands. However one of his grandmothers was Irish and English, and he cited this influence of the "Celtic spirit" as an influence in his work. In addition because his family spoke English, and sent their children to English schools, he was able to work as a journalist with the BBC after leaving Portugal for political reasons.

He was one of the introducers of Surrealism in Portuguese painting, in the late 1930's. It's official start it's set to be the expostition he held, with António Dacosta, in Lisbon, in 1940.

His painting shows the influence of the great surrealist painters, that he admired, like Giorgio De Chirico, Max Ernst and Salvador Dalí. He was a founding member of the Portuguese Surrealist Group, in 1947, but he left painting a little time before.

He dedicated himself to pottery and theater for the rest of his life.

He was also an active anti-fascist militant.