Agostinho José da Mota (18 June 1824 – 21 August 1878) was a Brazilian painter and teacher.
Biography
He was born in Rio de Janeiro. His inclination for art emerged early in childhood. In 1837 he enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts. He was a brilliant student and received the prize of travel to Europe in 1850.
He lived in Rome from 1851 to 1855, and studied under the guidance of French landscape painter Jean-Achille Benouville.[1]
Returning to Brazil in 1859 he began to teach at the Academy. Initially he occupied the chair of drawing and then of landscape. He contributed several times to the general exhibition of fine arts, receiving the gold medal in 1852, the Order of the Rose in 1868 and the Order of Christ in 1871.
