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Aniceto Carmona Castelo Martins (Perais, Vila Velha de Ródão, 1933) caricaturist for over 60 years, published his first caricature in July 1952 in the Lisbon weekly newspaper O Cartaz, the cyclist Fernando Moreira de Sá who won the Tour of Portugal that year. "The caricaturist is in this business of portraying, in a satirical way, the most eminent political personalities of international life no account of the newspapers and magazines where his originals are published. His talent, in this difficult artistic sector, was, in fact, well demonstrated in the ten exhibitions in which he took part, and in the press of many European and South American countries.

His work has been published in several periodicals, among which are: O Mundo, Os Ridículos, Plateia, Rádio e Televisão, Barraca, Sporting, Belenenses, Benfica, Boletim dos Telefones, Flama, Boletim TAP, Revista Angola, Século (II Série), A Chucha, Sintra Ilustrado, O Concelho de Vila Velha de Ródão, Varzeense, Semanário Região de Rio Maior, Jornal de Sintra, Farpas (The Wild Party Newspaper), Jornal Feminino (Porto), Jornal do Exército, Jornal das Manobras, Jornal O Casapiano, Revista Dona and O Heraldo- Hebdomadário Lisbonense Regionalista Independente, Revista Sílex, Revista Peregrinação, Jornal Portugal Cá & Lá. In a sparse way he has caricatures published in End of Course Albums and in the Brazilian newspapers: Jornal do Commércio and Boletim da A.B.I. (Brazilian Press Association).

Biographical data

Formation

Aniceto Carmona Castelo Martins, was born in 1933 in Perais, municipality of Vila Velha de Ródão. He started drawing at the age of 14, without having attended a Fine Arts school. In 1957 (at the age of 24) he went to Mundo - Revista Semanal Ilustrada to present his work, which was published soon afterwards.

His biography was published by Michael Tannock

He met and lived with Teixeira Cabral (Master Caricatur-Síntese), Natalino, Pargana, Camacho, Leonel Cardoso, among others. He held more than a dozen individual exhibitions in Lisbon, Costa da Caparica, Barreiro, Póvoa de Santo Adrião. He has taken part in several collective exhibitions in Portugal, Brazil and France.

Although he makes use of a diversified style, he is a Caricaturist-repentist, he has been fixed in the last years in the Caricature-synthesis, whose trace dominates in the perfection, having in him reminiscences of Bagaría and Teixeira Cabral (fabulous masters).

Awards

He presented himself, three times, in the National Salon of Caricature and, in 1989, was awarded the 1st Prize Caricature of the II Free Salon in Porto de Mós with the caricature of the Portuguese actor Barroso Lopes...

Published Work

He published a work in volumes about The Great Portuguese Caricaturists

Albums

Laboratory