Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira

Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira ComIH (1 November 1902 – 17 January 1983), was a Portuguese painter and poet. He is better known by the two pseudonyms he used: Júlio, as a painter; and Saul Dias as a poet. He was an important artist of the second generation of Portuguese Modernism. His art features a strong expression of lyricism and artistic explorations that could be connected with the expressionist and surrealist movements.

Júlio

ComIH
Born
Júlio Maria dos Reis Pereira

(1902-11-01)1 November 1902
Vila do Conde, Portugal
Died17 January 1983(1983-01-17) (aged 80)
Vila do Conde, Portugal
EducationPorto School of Fine Arts
Alma materUniversity of Porto
Known forPainting, drawing, writing
MovementModernism
RelativesJosé Régio (brother)
Writing career
Pen nameSaul Dias

Júlio was the younger brother of writer José Régio, with whom he formed an artistic partnership his whole life, illustrating many of his books.

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