and others, and the Victor Meirelles Museum, located in his hometown, is dedicated to preserving his memory, in addition to the Santa Catarina Art Museum maintaining a National Salon that bears his name. In 2006 the Victor Meirelles Museum began a project that aims to systematically survey and catalog his complete work. His very significant production places him in a very prominent position in the history of Brazilian art. According to Sandra Makowiecky, for many he is the greatest Brazilian painter of the 19th century. Meirelles, together with his biggest rival, Pedro Américo, managed to produce images of great evocative power, which to this day remain alive in Brazil's collective memory as the canonical visualization of some of its main founding myths. Mário Coelho stated that: Selected paintings References Citations Bibliography Further reading External links Victor Meirelles Museum homepage. 1832 births 1903 deaths 19th-century Brazilian painters 19th-century Brazilian male artists Academic art Brazilian romantic painters History painters People from Florianópolis