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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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nadir Afonso has received more than 101,912 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Nadir Afonso is the 1,357th most popular painter (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 239th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Portuguese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Nadir Afonso ranks 1,357 out of 1,421Before him are Carl-Henning Pedersen, Effie Gray, Arthur Dove, Bohumil Kubišta, Sascha Schneider, and Frank Frazetta. After him are Carl Fredrik Hill, Tamar Abakelia, Eilif Peterssen, George Turner, Juan Luna, and Mary Beale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Nadir Afonso ranks 229Before him are Eiji Okada, Nilde Iotti, Musa Anter, Anne-Cath. Vestly, Ronald Speirs, and Denver Pyle. After him are Julien Ries, Ignatius IV of Antioch, Françoise d'Eaubonne, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, Godfrey Binaisa, and Beah Richards. Among people deceased in 2013, Nadir Afonso ranks 243Before him are Gerrie Mühren, Eric Ericson, Barry Jackson, Eydie Gormé, Zhuang Zedong, and Peter Banks. After him are Julien Ries, Antonio Roma, Anca Petrescu, Cayetano Ré, Vlatko Marković, and Torbjørn Falkanger.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Nadir Afonso ranks 267 out of 555Before him are Cardinal-Infante Afonso of Portugal (1509), Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage (1765), Maniche (1977), António Simões (1943), Guilhermina Suggia (1885), and Fernão Lopes (1385). After him are Manuel Clemente (1948), João de Loureiro (1717), Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1941), Manuel Gonçalves Cerejeira (1888), Alexandre de Serpa Pinto (1846), and Mísia (1955).

Among PAINTERS In Portugal

Among painters born in Portugal, Nadir Afonso ranks 5Before him are Paula Rego (1935), Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (1908), Nuno Gonçalves (1500), and Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1887). After him are José Malhoa (1855) and Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857).