Athos Bulcão (July 2, 1918 – July 31, 2008) was a Brazilian painter and sculptor. He was born in

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Biography

Athos Bulcão was born in Rio de Janeiro on July 2, 1918. In the 1940s he assisted Cândido Portinari with the "São Francisco de Assis" painting at the Pampulha Church, in

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. Later he moved to

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, where he lived until 1949. Returning to

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, he became one of the collaborators of the construction of

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, taking part in several of

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's projects. In 1958 he moved to Brasília, where he lived until his death in 2008. Athos Bulcão died in

on July 31, 2008, due to complications from

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References

External links

Athos Bulcão Foundation
(in Portuguese)
ATHOS BULCÃO : E A MODERNA AZULEJARIA BRASILEIRA
(in Portuguese) 1918 births 2008 deaths Deaths from Parkinson's disease Neurological disease deaths in the Federal District (Brazil) Artists from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century Brazilian painters 20th-century Brazilian male artists {{Brazil-painter-stub