José Júlio de Souza Pinto (15 September 1856 – 14 April 1939) was a Portuguese painter in the naturalist style.

In 1880, after graduating, he and fellow student Henrique Pousão travelled to Paris on a fellowship.

[1] Once there, he obtained a position in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel, studying with William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Adolphe Yvon at the École des Beaux-Arts.

He quickly became integrated into Parisian artistic circles and placed works at all the major exhibitions, including the Salon.

On a visit to Brittany, he became enamoured of the southern coast and lived there for the remainder of his life,[1] painting genre scenes of the local people and villages.