Júlio Pomar

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Julio Pomar, GOL, GCM (born in Lisbon, 1926) is a Portuguese painter. He studyed painting in both Lisbon and Porto Academy of Fine Arts, in this last he one he joined the group of other fellow artists called Independentes (Independents). He joined the neo-realist movement, from 1945 to 1957, and he painted some of the most memorable images of the current. He latter started to paint in a sort of neo-expressionist style.