Evelina Coelho Explained

Maria Evelina Coelho Martins da Fonseca (23 May 1945 – 26 November 2013), whose artistic name was Evelina Coelho, was a Portuguese painter, from Vila Fernando, Guarda, Portugal.[1] [2]

Biographical notes

She was born in Vila Fernando, Guarda, Portugal, and she died when 68 years old in Guarda, Portugal.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

She graduated in painting from the Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa Escola Superior de Belas-Artes de Lisboa.[1]

Career

Coelho had more than two hundred exhibitions, in Portugal, Spain (Ciudad Rodrigo, Barcelona, San Sebastian and Salamanca), France (Paris, Bayonne, Riom, Orléans, Puy, Vicky, Clermont-Ferrand, Langeac, Béziers, Cherbourg and Vittel), Switzerland (Montreaux), Germany (Siegbourg), Canada (Quebec), and in São Paulo, Brazil.[9]

She was awarded in Belgium by the European Foundation with the grade of Comendadora e Grande Oficial. She won Ganhou uma honourable mention in Béziers, Barcelona and Évora, a bronze medal in Barcelona and received the medal of merit of the city of Guarda, in Portugal. She illustrated several books and was the author of the symbol of the and the symbol of the Douro e Neve newspaper. She has works of art in museums, city councils, Banks, Churches, Chapels and in private collections worldwide.

Since 1 June 2012 she was the patroness of the Evelina Coelho Library in Vale de Mondego, Guarda, Portugal.[10] [11] [12] [13]

On the second anniversary of her death, on 26 November 2015, the Parishes of Fernão Joanes, Famalicão and Vale de Estrela, in Portugal, created the Rota da Pintura Religiosa de Evelina Coelho called the Cores do Sagrado.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Evelina Coelho. Jornal A Guarda. jornalaguarda.com. 31 December 2015. 8 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208222731/http://www.jornalaguarda.com/index.php/atualidade/4323-evelina-coelho. dead.
  2. Web site: Evocando Evelina Coelho. Jornal A Guarda. jornalaguarda.com. 31 December 2015. 8 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208220652/http://www.jornalaguarda.com/index.php/atualidade/4321-evocando-evelina-coelho. dead.
  3. Web site: Expresso. Jornal Expresso. 31 December 2015.
  4. Web site: Faleceu a pintora Evelina Coelho. sapo.pt. 31 December 2015.
  5. Web site: Sol da Guarda. A Oliveira. soldaguarda.blogspot.pt. 31 December 2015.
  6. Web site: TB online - Última Hora - Faleceu a pintora guardense Evelina Coelho. terrasdabeira.com. 31 December 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208205147/http://www.terrasdabeira.com/breakingnews/news.asp?Id=2777. 8 December 2015.
  7. Web site: correiodaguarda. sapo.pt. 31 December 2015.
  8. Web site: O Interior - Diário da Guarda - 28-11-2013 - Cultura - Morreu a pintora da serenidade. ointerior.pt. 31 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210181931/http://www.ointerior.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=734&id=41942&idSeccao=10023&Action=noticia. 10 December 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: O Interior - Diário da Guarda - 08-09-2011 - Cultura - Evelina Coelho expõe no TMG até outubro. ointerior.pt. 31 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208201331/http://www.ointerior.pt/noticia.asp?idEdicao=618&id=32233&idSeccao=7649&Action=noticia. 8 December 2015. dead.
  10. Web site: Biblioteca Evelina Coelho - SAPO Vídeos. SAPO Vídeos. 31 December 2015.
  11. Web site: Município da Guarda. mun-guarda.pt. 31 December 2015. 10 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210203342/http://mun-guarda.pt/Portal/conteudos/0792.html. dead.
  12. Web site: Parabens Evelina Coelho. sapo.pt. 31 December 2015.
  13. Web site: Centro Escolar do Vale do Mondego. Jornal A Guarda. jornalaguarda.com. 31 December 2015. 10 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210183122/http://www.jornalaguarda.com/index.php/atualidade/1272-centro-escolar-do-vale-do-mondego. dead.
  14. Web site: Paróquias de Fernão Joanes, Famalicão e Vale de Estrela criam Rota da Pintura Religiosa de Evelina Coelho. Jornal A Guarda. jornalaguarda.com. 31 December 2015. 10 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151210182145/http://www.jornalaguarda.com/index.php/atualidade/4322-paroquias-de-fernao-joanes-famalicao-e-vale-de-estrela-criam-rota-da-pintura-religiosa-de-evelina-coelho. dead.

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