Nadir Afonso nasceu emChaves em 1920.Diplomou-se emArquitectura na Escola Superior de Belas-Artes do Porto.Em 1946, estuda pintura na École des Beaux-Arts em Paris, e obtém por intermédio dePortinari uma bolsa de estudo do governo francês e até 1948 e em 1951 colaborador doarquitecto Le Corbusier e serviu-se algum tempo do atelier Fernand Léger.De 1952 a 1954, trabalhou no Brasil com o arquitectoÓscar Niemeyer.Nesse ano, regressou a Paris, retomando contacto com os artistas orientados na procurada arte cinética, desenvolvendo os estudos sobre pintura que denomina “Espacillimité”.Na vanguarda da arte mundial, expõe, em 1958, no Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, otrabalho “espacillimités”, animado de movimento.Em 1965, Nadir Afonso abandona definitivamente a arquitectura; consciente da suainadaptação social, refugia-se pouco a pouco num grande isolamento e acentua o rumoda sua vida exclusivamente dedicado à criação da sua obra.Em Janeiro de 2009 foi apresentado em Chaves o projecto da autoria de Siza Vieira dasede da Fundação Nadir Afonso, um empreendimento orçado em 8,5 milhões de euros eque deverá abrir ao público em 2011.

Nadir Afonso was born in Chaves in 1920.

He graduated in architecture at the Escola Superior de Belas-Artes ( College of Fine-

Arts) in Oporto.

In 1946 he studied painting at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and gets through

Portinari

a scholarship from the French government and until 1948 and in 1951 he was

collaborator of the architect Le Corbusier and served some time in the studio Fernand

Léger.

From 1952 to 1954 he worked in Brazil with the architect Óscar Niemeyer.

That year, he returned to Paris, resuming contact with artists in demand driven

kinetic art, developing studies on painting called "Espacillimité".

At the forefront of the art world he exposes, in 1958, at the Salon des Nouvelles

Réalités, the work "espacillimités" excited motion.

In 1965, Nadir Afonso definitively abandons the architecture; aware of its social

maladjustment, takes refuge in a little bit great isolation and accentuates the course

of his life exclusively devoted to the creation of his work.

In January 2009 was presented in Chaves the project authored by Siza Vieira from the

Foundation Nadir Afonso, a project estimated to cost 8.5 million euros and is due to

open to the public in 2011.