at a glance

rua antônio parreiras was named after the much revered brazilian landscape painter, designer and teacher antônio diogo da silva parreiras (1860-1937) - born in 1860 in niterói, parreiras began studying at the academia imperial de belas artes in rio de janeiro in 1883, later leaving to work with german artist georg grimm.

he is known principally for his landscape paintings, which features both brazilian and european landscapes - later in life he also painted historical subjects and female nudes and became widely acclaimed as a designer.