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<p><b>Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro</b> was a <a href="/pages/w/104023262966156">Portuguese</a> artist known for his illustration, <a href="/pages/w/103830752989248">caricature</a>s, sculpture and ceramics designs, and is considered the first Portuguese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_book_creator" class="wikipedia">comics creator</a>.</p><h2>Life</h2><p>He was a disciple of his father, the painter Manuel Maria Bordalo Pinheiro. His mother was D. Maria Augusta do Ó Carvalho Prostes and his brother the painter <a href="/pages/w/112386018778514">Columbano</a>. He started publishing illustrations and caricatures in humoristic magazines such as <i>A Berlinda</i> and <i>O Calcanhar de Aquiles</i>, frequently demonstrating a sarcastic humour with a political or social message.</p><p>In 1875, he travelled to <a href="/pages/w/105429806157119">Brazil</a> to work as an illustrator and cartoonist for the publication <i>Mosquito</i> (and later, another publication called <i>O Besouro</i>), which was also employing the Italian/Brazilian illustrator <a href="/pages/w/113750158635325">Angelo Agostini</a>, until then the unrivaled cartooning authority of Brazil. Pinheiro eventually became editor of other humorous, politically critical magazines. His fame as a caricaturist led the <i>Illustrated London News</i> to become one of his collaborators.</p><p>He married Elvira Ferreira de Almeida in 1866 and the following year his son Manuel Gustavo Bordalo Pinheiro was born.</p><p>He died on January 23, 1905 in <a href="/pages/w/106044662759289">Chiado</a>, Lisbon. He had a Catholic funeral, which was attended by several dozen people, including prominent politicians.</p><h2>''Zé Povinho'' and comics</h2><p>In 1875, Bordalo Pinheiro created the <a href="/pages/w/112050805478730">cartoon</a> character <a href="/pages/w/139027746122455">Zé Povinho</a> (literal translation: Joe Little People), a Portuguese <a href="/pages/w/113006202046343">everyman</a>, portrayed as a poor peasant. <i>Zé Povinho</i> became, and still is, as an iconic symbol, the most popular character in Portugal.</p>
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