Maximiano Alves

Maximiano Alves (22 August 1888 – 22 January 1954) was a Portuguese sculptor.

Biography
Alves was born in Lisbon. He was the son of the engraver of the mint. He finished his course on sculpture at Lisbon School of Fine Arts in 1911, where he attended with a sculptor Simões de Almeida (his uncle) and two painters Luciano Freire and Ernesto Condeixa. He was awarded with a rank of an official of the Order of Christ, later he took part in the conception and execution of the Great War Monument in Lisbon.

He took part in artistic works in different periodical publications, one example was a review Alma Nova which was published in Faro in 1914.

Expositions
He took part in different expositions including:


 * Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, in 1929
 * International and Colonial Exposition, Paris, in 1931
 * Portuguese World Exhibition, Lisbon. in 1940

Selected works
At the João de Deus Museum-School: At the Museu da Marinha (Marine Museum) At the Palácio de São Bento
 * Monument to the Fallen Victims of the Great War, Lisbon, 1931
 * Fountain at Alviela Canal, Sacavém, 1940
 * Sculptures of the Monumental Fountain, Alameda D. Afonso Henriques, Lisboa, c. 1940
 * Bust of Marechal Carmona
 * Bust of Cesário Verde, Lisbon, 1955
 * Bust of D. João da Câmara, Lisbon, 1953
 * Bust of Alfredo Augusto Freire de Andrade
 * Bust of Casimiro Freire
 * Bust of Pedro Gomes da Silva
 * Statue of Vasco da Gama
 * Statue of D. Manuel I
 * Statue of Afonso de Albuquerque
 * Statue of Diplomacy (Estátua da Diplomacia), at the "Hall of Sessions" (Sala das Sessões)
 * Statue of "Força" ("Strength") at the entrance
 * Bust of António Cândido, in the atrium
 * Bust of Hintze Ribeiro, in the atrium

In Cape Verde: In Macau:
 * Monument to Dr. António Lereno, at António Loreno Square in the city of Praia
 * Monument to the governor João Maria Ferreira do Amaral, 1940
 * Monument to Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita, 1940