Carlos Botelho (18 September 1899, in Lisbon – 18 August 1982, in Lisbon) was a Portuguese painter, illustrator, comics artist, political cartoonist, satirist and caricaturist, whose works are shown at the Chiado Museum and at the Modern Art Centre José de Azeredo Perdigão / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, in Lisbon. Botelho was one of the most relevant Portuguese artists of his generation.José Augusto França includes Botelho in the 2nd generation of 20th Century modern Portuguese painters, together with Alvarez, Mário Eloy and Bernardo Marques. FRANÇA, José Augusto - A Arte em Portugal no Século XX: 1911-1961 [1974]. Lisbon: Bertrand Editora, 1991, p. 183
