He first attended the
Academy of Fine Arts (now part of the
University of Lisbon), then went to Paris on a state scholarship in 1910. There, he studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts. He also shared a studio with
Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso and was introduced to Futurism by
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. An avowed
Monarchist, after the
1910 Revolution he came into conflict with
João Chagas, the Portuguese Ambassador, who was an even stronger advocate of
Republicanism. This resulted in the loss of his scholarship. After his return home, he saw himself as the official representative of Futurism in Portugal and made a failed attempt to publish Marinetti's works there. In 1913, he appeared as a character in the novel
A Confissão de Lúcio (Lúcio's Confession) by
Mário de Sá-Carneiro. Four years later, he and
José de Almada Negreiros were the main participants at a conference in the Teatro República, where Futurist documents were read and a manifesto announced. That same year, he helped launch the journal
Portugal Futurista. Only one issue was published, and most of the copies were seized by the police due to alleged obscenity. He died of
tuberculosis at his parents' home in 1918, leaving instructions to destroy all of his works. A few paintings survived in the hands of collectors and friends. They are now in the possession of the
Ministry of Culture and the
Chiado Museum. Others were partially preserved as black and white illustrations in
Portugal Futurista and a similar journal called
Orpheu. ==References==