Antonio(Tony) Duarte | Award Winning Portuguese Figurative Painter

Antonio Duarte is an award winning painter from Portugal. He was born in Portugal and later graduated from Escola Artes Plasticas of Coimbra and Escola De Belas Artes of Lisbon. After completing his graduation he pursued a career as a professional artist in Europe, and his many of his art works was shown in numerous is exhibitions in different countries such as Portugal, Spain and Germany. 

Currently his paintings are in collections at various private and public collections across Europe. He later arrived in Australia in the late sixties, and his work has received constant acclaim across the country,he has  won numerous awards, such as the prestigious “Caran D’Ache” drawing award. Antonio is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society. He was a participant in the Archibald Festival and a finalist in the Sulman art prize. His paintings are simply awesome and so beautiful which binds the viewers and they fell in love with them at the first sight.