Antônio Parreiras

[1] Upon his return to Brazil two years later, he participated in the "Exposição Gerais de Belas Artes [pt]".

[3] Following disagreements with ENBA over changes in the curriculum, he set up his own school called the " Escola do Ar Livre".

He also received numerous commissions to paint historical scenes and, after 1899, did decorations for the government in public buildings, such as the "Allegory of Apollo and the Goddesses of the Hours", which he created for the Palácio da Liberdade in Belo Horizonte.

In 1925 he was chosen as Brazil's best artist by the readers of Fon-Fon [pt], a magazine created by art critic Gonzaga Duque.

The following year, he published his autobiography and was inducted into the "Academia Fluminense de Letras [pt]".