Fernando Lanhas,
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(16 September 1923 – 4 February 2012
Jornal de Noticias, 5 Feb 2012) was a
Portugal, Portuguese painter and
architect
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.
Lanhas was born and died in
Porto
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. He studied architecture but became known as the leading name in Portuguese
abstract painting
Abstract art uses visual language of shape, form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.
Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19t ...
.
He started painting in 1944, influenced by music, astronomy, and the international abstract movement. Since then, he's been one of the most innovative and original Portuguese painters.
External links
Fernando Lanhas Biography at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Official Site (Portuguese) Fernando Lanhas, Former Student of Porto Fine Arts School
References
1923 births
2012 deaths
Portuguese painters
Portuguese male painters
Portuguese architects
University of Porto alumni
Artists from Porto
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