Américo Soares Braga
sculptor ceramicist
Matosinhos, Portugal, 21st january 1909 – Oaxaca, México, 26st july 1991
PRINCIPAL WORKS Bas-relief on de façade of the Municipal Markt of Matosinhos Bas-relief on de façade of the Cinema Batalha - Porto 1946: The bas-relief on the façade of the Tavares Martins Library, Porto, Portugal. The architect was Alfredo Viana de Lima. 1947: Bas-relief on the façade of the Cinema Batalha, Porto, Portugal. The architect was Artur Andrade. 1948: Bas-relief on the façade of the Factory of the Artificial Silk Manufacturers of Portugal. The architects were Armênio Losa and Cassiano Barbosa. 1952: Panels for the Municipal Market of Matosinhos, Matasinhos, Portugal. Architects, Cunha Leão, Fortunato Cabral and Morais Soares. 1954: Panels for the Monument to José Inácio Peixoto, Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from a sketch by Cândido Portinari. 1959: Panels for the Monument to the Memory of Those Killed in World War II, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from a sketch by Anísio Medeiros. 1949 – 1989: A large number of sculptures dispersed among private collections and museums.
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