Category:Nadir Afonso
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English: Nadir Afonso, OSE (1920–2013) is a geometric abstractionist painter. Formally trained in architecture, which he practiced early in his career with Le Corbusier and Oscar Niemeyer, Nadir Afonso later studied painting in Paris and became one of the pioneers in Kinetic art, working alongside Victor Vasarely, Fernand Léger, Auguste Herbin, and André Bloc.
As a theorist of his own geometry-based aesthetics, published in several books, Nadir Afonso defends that art is purely objective and ruled by laws that treat art not as an act of imagination but of observation, perception, and form manipulation.
Nadir Afonso achieved international recognition early on in his career and currently holds many of his works in museums. His most famous works are the Cities series, which depict places all around the world. As of 2007 he is still actively painting.![]() |
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Date of birth | 4 December 1920 Chaves | ||||
Date of death | 11 December 2013 Cascais | ||||
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Joao Cepeda Nadir Afonso livro.jpg 774 × 795; 412 KB
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Nadir Afonso and his art.jpg 1,772 × 1,329; 1.74 MB
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Nadir Afonso by Bottelho.jpg 472 × 493; 61 KB
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Nadir Afonso, Francisco Pereira Coutinho 1922-2006, 08.jpg 1,784 × 2,378; 1.57 MB
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Nadir Afonso, Francisco Pereira Coutinho 1922-2006, 09.jpg 2,331 × 1,749; 1.44 MB
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