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Nadir Afonso

1920 - 2013

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Nadir Afonso, GOSE (4 December 1920 – 11 December 2013) was a Portuguese 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 of 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 defended the idea 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 in his career and many of his works are in museums. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nadir Afonso is the 1,479th most popular painter (up from 1,536th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Portugal (down from 295th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Portuguese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nadir Afonso ranks 1,479 out of 2,023. Before him are Joos van Craesbeeck, Daniel Gran, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Qian Xuan, Joseph Ducreux, and Henry Raeburn. After him are Carl Fredrik Hill, Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo, J. C. Leyendecker, Mykhailo Boychuk, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, and Pekka Halonen.

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Among people born in 1920, Nadir Afonso ranks 253. Before him are Werner Klemperer, Jadwiga Piłsudska, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Heleno de Freitas, Ronald Speirs, and Frances Ames. After him are Silvestre Igoa, Machiko Hasegawa, Chushiro Hayashi, Harold Sakata, Siegfried Buback, and Fedora Barbieri. Among people deceased in 2013, Nadir Afonso ranks 249. Before him are Henning Larsen, Ignacio Eizaguirre, Zdeněk Zikán, Eero Mäntyranta, Zlatko Papec, and Dezső Gyarmati. After him are Lorenzo Antonetti, Antonio Roma, Eric Ericson, Richard C. Sarafian, Krsto Papić, and Ted Post.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nadir Afonso ranks 303 out of 633. Before him are José Malhoa (1855), Walther Katzenstein (1878), Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), Dulce Pontes (1969), António Ribeiro (1928), and Afonso Costa (1871). After him are Nené (1949), Joaquim Carvalho (1937), Guilhermina Suggia (1885), Marco Silva (1977), João Félix (1999), and Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842).

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Among PAINTERS In Portugal

Among painters born in Portugal, Nadir Afonso ranks 6. Before him are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Paula Rego (1935), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887), and José Malhoa (1855). After him are Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857), and Helena Almeida (1934).

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