The Arrival of Gesture Lisbon, 1926. A child begins to paint at fourteen. By 1947, the career of Artur Bual De Almeida is officially underway. He moves through the halls of the António Arroio School of Art, absorbing the foundations of a craft that would soon fracture into something much more kinetic. The early 1950s bring his first individual exhibitions, but the real shift occurs when the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation sends him to…
Scroll through Artur Bual De Almeida's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups Artur Bual De Almeida's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.