Collection: Bordallo Pinheiro: Sardines

Mermaids are mythological creatures that have always been a source of wonder and creative inspiration, both because of their physical form and their mystique...

The sardine was also our grandparents’ playmate. This “rusty” object was converted into a tin toy. Very popular during the 50’s and 60’s, these “tin toys” ca...

This sardine took shape in its graceful battle with a shrimp, allowing both to be approached in a real ‘two-in-one’ and the result is a delicious, striking a...

The simplest gesture of affection, such as holding hands, contains a world of emotions, intentions as well as social and relational messages. In other words,...

In a four-handed project between mother and daughter, Sardinha Estrada para o Mundo [Road to the World] evokes the boldness and curiosity of the Portuguese s...

This sardine dove into Bordallo’s dream and to this day, continues to sail through the unknown. Composed of illustrations arranged chronologically, this sard...

A sardine in the shape of a robot to reflect on the fusion between the natural and the artificial. In an era when artificial intelligence and robotics are ga...

In a sea of hope, where dreams sail between four-leaf clovers, magic numbers and symbols of protection, Sardinha da Sorte was born. It celebrates the positiv...

In the sea the tasty sardine reigns bright and flitting, silvery and beautiful. It shines once again on the grill, the smell invites you with a very Portugue...

The swallows arrive, heralding spring and giving a foretaste of summer. With them come the sunflowers, garish and imposing, over which, in a carefree but org...

The poet Guerra Junqueiro once wrote: “the smile you give away will come back to you again.” This sardine gives away smiles, sparkled with red, the color ass...

Raphael Bordallo Pinheiro, one of the most influential people of nineteenth century Portuguese culture, will forever be intimately associated with caricature...