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Sérgio Ferro (born 25 July 1938) is a Brazilian painter,
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and
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. Ferro was born in
Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
, Paraná. He graduated from the
University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the bes ...
with a degree in architecture in 1962 and completed his post-graduate studies in 1965. Exiled for political reasons from his own country for 30 years, Ferro taught at the Grenoble School of Architecture from 1982 to 1997. He resides with his wife, Ediane, in
São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the Ga ...
,
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, and Grignan,
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. Sérgio Ferro's paintings can be found in museums worldwide, especially in Brazil and France.


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Brazilian painters 1938 births Living people Brazilian architects People from Curitiba Brazilian expatriates in France {{Brazil-architect-stub