Lisbon and the Tagus, Sunday
In the evocative masterpiece Lisbon and the Tagus, Sunday, created in 1935, the viewer is invited to step onto a private balcony and gaze out over one of Europe's most storied landscapes. The artist, Carlos Botelho Chaves, utilizes the characteristic railing of the Palace of the Marquis de Tancos to create a structural frame, a half-ellipse that pulls the spectator into the heart of the scene. This panoramic perspective does…






