Crispim do Amaral

Crispim do Amaral was an actor, decorator, journalist, painter, draftsman, illustrator, and caricaturist in Brazil.
He was born in Olinda.
He edited The Courier in 1879 in Pará, being its illustrator. He traveled to Paris in 1888. Back in Brazil, he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he founded the magazines O Malho, A Avenida, O Pau, and O Século.
Amaral painted the curtain of the Amazon Theatre in Manaus titled "Meeting of the Waters".
At the Brazilian National Exposition of 1908, he painted the interior murals of the Minas Geraes state pavilion including a series of images personifying agriculture, mineralogy, manufactures and the liberal arts. The building was designed by Rafael Rebecchi. Exhibits at the pavilion included aspects of gold and diamond mining.
He died in Rio de Janeiro.