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Considered one of the most important portuguese sculptures of the 50’s. Student of Architecture and later on Sculpture in the Faculty of Fine Arts in Lisbon. Three figures in red metal. He worked in António Duarte and Francisco Franco’s ateliers where he learned the Terra-cotta technique and also how to use color in it. Still a student he participated in the Fine Arts exhibitions from 1947 to 1951. His first solo exhibition takes place in 1949 in SNBA, Lisbon. In 1953 he runs for the International Sculpture contest, promoted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, with “O prisioneiro Politico Desconhecido”. After winning the project - his work is shown at the Tate Gallery, and later on in the II São Paulo Bienal, Brasil.