Torres Novas has accumulated more than 30 works by Carlos Reis.

These are in the municipal museum’s and match pastoral landscapes with portraits of rural folk.

His paintings are hung next to works by other respected Portuguese artists, like José Malhoa, who worked at roughly the same time and was also inspired by pastoral themes.

Fine art is just one quarter of the exhibition though: You can also pore over liturgical treasures and  Roman archaeology from local excavations.

And in the ethnographic galleries the antique farming tools, musical instruments and costumes bring to life the scenes painted by Reis and Malhoa.