Oscar Niemeyer (1907 - 2012) - photo 1

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments", Niemeyer was hailed as a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his generation by his supporters. He said his architecture was strongly influenced by Le Corbusier, but in an interview, assured that this "didn't prevent [his] architecture from going in a different direction".

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:15 december 1907, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date and place of death:5 december 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality:Brazil
Period of activity: XX, XXI century
Specialization:Architect, Artist
Art style:Modern art, Post War Art, Contemporary art

Creators Brazil

Rosilene Luduvico (1969)
Rosilene Luduvico
1969
Lygia Clark (1920 - 1988)
Lygia Clark
1920 - 1988
Constancia Nery (1936)
Constancia Nery
1936
Ferdinand Frick (1878 - 1939)
Ferdinand Frick
1878 - 1939
José Antonio da Silva (1909 - 1996)
José Antonio da Silva
1909 - 1996
Armando Romanelli (1945)
Armando Romanelli
1945
Vik Muniz (1961)
Vik Muniz
1961
Alfredo Volpi (1896 - 1988)
Alfredo Volpi
1896 - 1988
Anita Catarina Malfatti (1889 - 1964)
Anita Catarina Malfatti
1889 - 1964
Not Vital (1948)
Not Vital
1948
Mona Kuhn (1969)
Mona Kuhn
1969
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado (1944)
Sebastião Ribeiro Salgado
1944
Ismael Nery (1900 - 1934)
Ismael Nery
1900 - 1934
 Aleijadinho (1738 - 1814)
Aleijadinho
1738 - 1814
Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899 - 1970)
Vicente do Rego Monteiro
1899 - 1970
Giancarlo Neri (1955)
Giancarlo Neri
1955

Creators Contemporary art

Valerii Aleksandrovich Maloletkov (1945)
Valerii Aleksandrovich Maloletkov
1945
Michel Dousse (1929 - 2015)
Michel Dousse
1929 - 2015
Su Xiaobai (1949)
Su Xiaobai
1949
Enki Bilal (1951)
Enki Bilal
1951
Paweł Althamer (1967)
Paweł Althamer
1967
Lars Endel Vilks (1946)
Lars Endel Vilks
1946
Rosalyn Drexler (1926)
Rosalyn Drexler
1926
Jindrich Zeithammel (1949)
Jindrich Zeithammel
1949
William Richard Crutchfield (1932 - 2015)
William Richard Crutchfield
1932 - 2015
Ilija Bašičeviċ (1895 - 1972)
Ilija Bašičeviċ
1895 - 1972
Heinrich Nicolaus (1955)
Heinrich Nicolaus
1955
Marco Zanuso (1916 - 2001)
Marco Zanuso
1916 - 2001
Yury Grigor'evich Orekhov (1927 - 2001)
Yury Grigor'evich Orekhov
1927 - 2001
Willy Jäger (1912 - 1980)
Willy Jäger
1912 - 1980
Terence Koh (1977)
Terence Koh
1977
Moritz Schleime (1978)
Moritz Schleime
1978
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