Until 21 March 2010

The Condes de Castro de Guimarães Museum hosts the ‘Cascais de Carlos Bonvalot’ exhibition, which focuses on the painter’s view of the fishing village and its ways, open until 21 March 2010.

The exhibition brings together 60 works by the Portuguese painter, grouped into five themes, with portraits and family scenes, pictorial records of the town's quaint corners, the fishing routine, the folk of the sea, the painter's work in the heritage of Cascais, and finally, a space dedicated to the pioneering nature of Bonvalot in his use of scientific methods and modern laboratory processes.

Carlos Bonvalot was one of the most important Portuguese painters in the first decades of the 20th century. He also held the position of Curator in this Museum-Library.

From Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 5.00pm and at weekends, 10.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 5.00pm. For more information, call 214 815 304.