Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporanea

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The museum covers the period between 1850 and 1950, with works by the foremost Portuguese artists of the period, as well as some foreigners. It holds the best collection of Portuguese painting and sculpture from the Romanticism, Naturalism and Modern periods.

Among the artists represented are Antonio Silva Porto, Antonio Carneiro, Antonio Soares dos Reis, Miguel a‚ngelo Lupi, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Abel Manta, Dordio Gomes, Adriano Sousa Lopes, Jose de Almada Negreiros, Nadir Afonso, Ma¡rio Eloy, Francisco Augusto Metrass, Auguste Rodin, and many others. The museum also hosts temporary exhibitions.

Since 1911, the Chiado Museum has occupied part of the old Convent of Sa£o Francisco (Saint Francis) in Lisbon, a building of mediaeval origin. The 1994 adaptation and renovation of the museum areas were done by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte.

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