Amadeo de Souza Cardoso
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Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (14 November 1887 – 25 October 1918) was a Portuguese painter. He was one of the first modern Portuguese painters, after moving to Paris where he met the contemporary artistic tendencies of the early 20th century. He was mostly influenced by cubism and futurism. He returned to Portugal because of the World War I and he tried to develop a personal style pointing to abstraccionism. He died aged only 30 years old during the influenza pandemic on 1918.[1]