francisco pedro do amaral, a renowned brazilian painter, designer, scenographer, and gilder, was born in rio de janeiro around 1790. he took his first lessons with josé leandro de carvalho , then enrolled at the 'aula régia de desenho e figura' under the direction of manuel dias de oliveira in 1807. early career after graduating, do amaral applied for a teaching position but was not accepted. instead, he found employment as chief assistant to a stage designer named manoel da costa at the real teatro de são joão , now known as the teatro joão caetano . however, he quit after a major disagre…