Retrato de Georgina de Albuquerque

At the end of the 19th century, Lucílio de Albuquerque moved from Piauí to study at the traditional Law School of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) at Largo São Francisco, in São Paulo. His immersion in the universe of law, however, lasted briefly: about a year after he entered college, he left the city and went to attend the National School of Fine Arts in Rio, where he graduated in 1906 and returned as a teacher in 1911. Outside the country, Albuquerque had a distinguished career: he exhibited works at the Salon des Artistes Françaises and also at the Salon Internationale de Bruxelles, both in the first decade of the twentieth century. At Pinacoteca, one of his best known paintings is the portrait of his wife, the painter Georgina de Albuquerque. Made in 1907, the work was incorporated into the museum's collection in 1911.