 José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior

José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850, Itu – 13 November 1899, Piracicaba), commonly known as Almeida Júnior, was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the Realistic tradition of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet.The "Dia do Artista Plástico" (Day of Fine Artists in Brazil) is celebrated on his birthday.