Helena Roque Gameiro
Helena Roque Gameiro Leitao de Barros (1895–1986) was a Portuguese watercolourist and painter. Biography Helena Roque Gameiro was the daughter of painter Alfredo Roque Gameiro and Maria da Assuncao de Carvalho Forte. Her sisters Raquel, Màmia and brothers Manuel and Ruy were also artists. At the age of 14, she began teaching drawing and painting at her father's studio located on Rua D. Pedro V in Lisbon. Roque Gameiro became professor of Decorative Arts at Escola Secundária Artística António Arroio and served for over 25 years. On 14 June 1940 she was made an Officer of the Order of Public Instruction. Roque Gameiro married film director Jose Leitao de Barros on 17 August 1923 in Oeiras. The couple had two children, José Manuel and Maria Helena. Career Along with her siblings Raquel and Manuel, Helena Roque Gameiro participated in a 1911 exhibition held in her father's studio. She also exhibited watercolors in several exhibitions at the (SNBA) in 1912, 1915, 1924, and 1925. At the 10th Exhibition in 1913 she received an honorable mention in the Watercolor category. She also participated in the first SNBA Watercolor Exhibition in 1914. In 1917, she won first place in the Watercolour category in