What is Nadir Afonso?
{{Infobox artist | name = Nadir Afonso | image =Nadir Afonso by Bottelho.jpg | image_size = 270px | birth_name = Nadir Afonso Rodrigues | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|12|4}} | birth_place = [[Chaves, Portugal|Chaves]], [[Portugal]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|12|11|1920|12|4}} | death_place = [[Cascais]], [[Portugal]] | nationality = Portuguese | field = [[Painting]], [[Architecture]] | training = ''[[École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts]]'', [[Paris]] | movement = [[Geometric abstract art]] (also [[Kinetic art]], [[Op art]]) | works = [[Nadir Afonso artworks#Cities series|''Cities'' series]] | patrons = [[Candido Portinari|Portinari]], [[Victor Vasarely|Vasarely]], [[Fernand Léger|Léger]], [[Auguste Herbin]], [[André Bloc]], [[Le Corbusier]] | awards = [[Order of St. James of the Sword]],<ref>{{in lang|pt}} {{cite web|url=http://www.lis.ulusiada.pt/eventos/exposicoes/nadirafonso/biografia.htm|title=Exhibition at Lusiada University|year=2005|accessdate=2007-05-14 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203447/http://www.lis.ulusiada.pt/eventos/exposicoes/nadirafonso/biografia.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-27}}</ref> Portuguese Academy of Fine Arts }} '''Nadir Afonso''', <small>[[Order of St. James of the Sword|GOSE]]</small> (December 4, 1920 – December 11, 2013) was a [[Portugal|Portuguese]] [[geometric]] painter. He painted [[abstract art]]. He wanted to be in [[architecture]], which he practiced early in his career with [[Le Corbusier]] and [[Oscar Niemeyer]]. Afonso later studied painting in [[Paris]] and became one of the experts in [[Kinetic art]]. He worked alongside [[Victor Vasarely]], [[Fernand Léger]], [[Auguste Herbin]], and [[André Bloc]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{Commonscat-inline}} * {{Official website}} *[http://www.nadirafonso.com/ Nadir Afonso Foundation website] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Afonso, Nadir}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2013 deat