Azulejo Portrait with Ink Splashes — artwork #10571 by O Gringo · Lisboa, Portugal

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Azulejo Portrait with Ink Splashes — Street art by O Gringo in Lisboa

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O Gringo

O Gringo is the artist name of Bastien Tomasini, born in Nice in 1988 and now based in Portugal. His work hijacks the visual codes of the azulejo, the blue-and-white ceramic tile emblematic of Lisbon, to build contemporary portraits: photographs are reworked digitally then printed straight onto Portuguese tiles before being installed in the street. The panels, often crossed by a gesture of black i…

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Added 27/07/2026

A small panel of twelve azulejos fixed to a pale blue wall carries the portrait of a woman with curly hair, rendered in cobalt blue and white like traditional Portuguese faience. A broad gesture of black ink, splatters included, crosses the composition and runs past the frame. The bust melts into a classic azulejo floral pattern, and a small signed tile accompanies the piece.

The artwork Azulejo Portrait with Ink Splashes is of type mosaic. You can admire it in the city of Lisboa in Portugal, more precisely here: Rua do Terreiro do Trigo, Lisbon.

This mosaic is also tagged as: tiles, encre, portrait, bleu, femme, azulejo, ink.

Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: O Gringo

The photo was published on 27-07-2026 by Rabot.

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