J.B. Durão is a Portuguese self-taught painter born in 1957 in Lisbon. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering but works as a business manager. As a former Portuguese Merchant Navy Officer, the sea and Lisbon are recurring themes in his paintings, which depict the ancient city or urban transports with beauty, harmony, expression, and movement, establishing his uniqueness in Portuguese naïve painting.

29. J. B. DURÃO was born in 1957 in Lisbon, Portugal.
Self taught painter, he has a Mechanical Engineering Degree,
developing his Professional activity as Business Manager.
Being a Portuguese Merchant Navy Officer for some years, the
sea has always been a present theme in his work whether by
specific references or by the way he draws the city’s contours.
Thematic related to the ancient Lisbon or urban transports result
in his paintings with great beauty, harmony expression and
movement, which has established his uniqueness in the
portuguese Naïf painting.

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