TOM
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Thomaz de Mello, known as Tom, was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1906, and died in Lisbon in 1990.
His graphic and illustration work featured in exhibitions such as "O Grafismo e Ilustração nos Anos 20" at the Modern Art Centre in 1986, during which he took part in the round table "O Papel dos Artistas na Ilustração", and "Banda Desenhada Portuguesa, 1914-1945" at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in 1997. He also took part in the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s 2nd Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1961, the 1st National Printmaking Exhibition at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in 1977, "Os Anos 40 na Arte Portuguesa" in 1982 and "O Imaginário da Cidade de Lisboa" at the Modern Art Centre in 1985.
In 1986 he was one of the artists presented in the "L’Artiste du Mois" series, directed by José-Augusto França at the Centre Culturel Portugais in Paris, with a set of screenprints made from drawings done in Paris, for which António Pedro wrote a long poem about longing for Portugal.
He is represented in the collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s Modern Art Centre, with works such as "New York" (1940 and 1950), and his work was included in "Histórias de uma Coleção. Arte Moderna e Contemporânea do CAM" in 2023.
