葡萄牙被认为是一个诗人辈出和景象万千的国度,同时也是一个不出画家的国度。如果我们浏览一下葡萄牙的艺术史就会发现,尽管难免有例外,但这种先人之见的确是有根据的。在探讨当代葡萄牙绘画的时候,这种一成不变的论调倒可能是一个有用的出发点,它使我们不可能找出先驱者与后继者间清晰的继承关系,或是根据时代、画派、或艺术运动来作明确地归类。由于这个原因,一般在探讨葡萄牙绘画时,我们只能运用宽 Portugal is considered to be a country full of poets and spectacular scenery, but also a country without painters. If we look at the history of art in Portugal, we find that, despite the inevitable exceptions, the antecedents of such ancestors are indeed valid. Such a static argument may be a useful starting point when discussing contemporary Portuguese painting, making it impossible to find a clear inheritance between pioneers and successors, or based on the age, painting, or art movement To make a clear classification. For this reason, we generally only use width when discussing Portuguese painting