Antonio Piedade da Cruz

Antonio Piedade da Cruz, also known as "A.P. d'Cruz" or simply “Cruzo”, (22 August 1895 -1982) was a twentieth-century painter and sculptor from Goa, Portuguese India.

Early life and background

He was born on 22 August 1895 in the village of Velim in Salcete and joined Bombay’s Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in 1916. Cruzo studied under Gladstone Salomon, M. V. Dhurandhar and Agoskar, and graduated in 1920. He went on to study in Europe, applied to the Berlin University of the Arts and won a scholarship and the status of “Master Student” (Meisterschüler). He studied there from 1922 under Arthur Kampf, Ferdinand Spiegel and Paul Plontke.

Career

Cruzo caught the attention of the Portuguese Ambassador in Berlin when he, after a German newspaper described him as "Portuguese from India", asked the paper to rectify, insisting that he was "pure Indian". With the support of the Ambassador, Cruzo held his first solo exhibition in Lisbon in October 1925. He returned to India following a request by the Maharaja of Travancore.

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Finding Cruzo: Rediscovering Goan artist Antonio Piedade da Cruz

Indian Express 10 Jul 2016

The works had been lying inside, forgotten, in what was then called the Cruzo Studio in Mumbai’s Brabourne stadium ... Yet, under the grime of decades could be discerned the genius of an artist, also known as Cruzo or D’Cruz, who was once the toast of cosmopolitan Bombay and had thrived at the centre of the city’s intellectual and cultural life....

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Cruzo’s art exhibition opens today

The Times of India 30 Jun 2016

Cruzo, as he was professionally known, was part of the large Goan diaspora in Bombay, where he was much in demand as a salon artist whose patrons included aristocrats and colonial dignitaries. Ranjit Hoskote, cultural theorist and poet, who is curating the exhibition says that Cruzo led an extraordinary double life....

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The adventures of a forgotten Cruzo

The Times of India 25 Jun 2016

An exhibition titled 'The Quest for Cruzo ... Antonio Piedade da Cruz, professionally known as Cruzo, studied at the J J School of Art in Mumbai and was one of the first Asians to be admitted to the prestigious Academy of the Arts, Berlin ... One of the very first Indians to have solo exhibitions in Europe at the time, Cruzo's work was largely impressionistic ... Ranjit Hoskote, curator of the exhibition, sees two artistes in Cruz ... RELATED....

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