Maximiano Alves


Maximiano Alves was a Portuguese sculptor.

Biography

Alves was born in Lisbon. He was the son of the engraver of the mint. He finished his course on sculpture at Lisbon School of Fine Arts in 1911, where he attended with a sculptor Simões de Almeida and two painters Luciano Freire and Ernesto Condeixa.
He was awarded with a rank of an official of the Order of Christ, later he took part in the conception and execution of the Great War Monument in Lisbon.
He took part in artistic works in different periodical publications, one example was a review Alma Nova which was published in Faro in 1914.

Expositions

He took part in different expositions including:
At the João de Deus Museum-School:
At the Museu da Marinha
At the Palácio de São Bento
In Cape Verde:
In Macau:

Sculptures, Monumental Fountain, Lisbon

''Força'', Palácio de S. Bento, Lisbon