Nadir Afonso

Nadir Afonso was born in Chaves the 4th of December 1920 and died the 11th December 2013. He graduated in Architecture fom the Institute of Fine Arts of Oporto. He was granted a scholarship from the French government and studied painting at the École dês Beaux-Arts in Paris. He collaborated with Le Corbusier and worked at Fernand Leger’s workshop. He also worked with Óscar Niemeyer, in Brazil, between 1952 and 1954. When he returned to Paris, he became interested in kinetic art, integrating the group of Denise René Art Gallery, with Herbin, Vasarely, and Mortensen. He abandoned architecture from 1965 to devote himself entirely to painting. He began collaborating with Portalegre’s Tapestry in 2003.