Nadir Afonso

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Nadir Afonso was a Portuguese architect-turned-painter renowned for his geometric abstract art and collaborations with major modernist architects such as Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer.

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instanceOf Portuguese artist
architect
human
painter
birthDate 1920-12-04
birthPlace Chaves, Portugal
countryOfCitizenship Portugal
deathDate 2013-12-11
educatedAt University of Porto
surface form: Porto School of Fine Arts

University of Porto
familyName Afonso
fieldOfWork architecture
painting
genre abstract painting
geometric abstraction
givenName Nadir
hasPartInCollection Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado
surface form: Museu do Chiado

Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum
hasSignatureStyle cityscape abstractions
precise geometric forms
vibrant color fields
hasWorkLocation Chaves, Portugal
Paris
surface form: Paris, France

Porto
surface form: Porto, Portugal

Rio de Janeiro
surface form: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
honouredIn Nadir Afonso Contemporary Art Museum
influencedBy Le Corbusier
Oscar Niemeyer
modernist architecture
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese
movement abstract art
geometric abstraction
name Nadir Afonso self-link
notableFor geometric abstract paintings
notableWork “Barcos” series
“Cidades” series
“Espacillimité” series
occupation architect
painter
visual artist
placeOfDeath Porto
surface form: Porto, Portugal
workedAt Atelier Le Corbusier-Pierre Jeanneret
surface form: Le Corbusier’s studio in Paris

Oscar Niemeyer’s studio in Brazil
workedWith Georges Candilis
Le Corbusier
Oscar Niemeyer

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