Almada Negreiros

José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, Portuguese artist (died 1970)

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Born: April 7, 1893
Died: June 15, 1970
Zodiac sign: Aries
Birth year: 1893

About Almada Negreiros

José Sobral de Almada Negreiros, usually known as Almada Negreiros, was a Portuguese artist. He was born in the colony of Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, the son of a Portuguese father, António Lobo de Almada Negreiros, and a Santomean mother, Elvira Freire Sobral. Besides literature and painting, Almada developed ballet choreographies, and worked on tapestry, engraving, murals, caricature, mosaic, azulejo and stained glass.

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The world when Almada Negreiros was born

Almada Negreiros was born in 1893. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineWorld's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Technology milestoneFirst Ferris wheel debuts at Chicago World's Fair
Notable inventionFerris wheel (264 feet tall)
World population~1.53B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
U.S. population66.0M

1893 versus 2026

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Measure	1893	2026
Population	66.0M	341 million

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