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João Cutileiro
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Born (1937-06-26)26 June 1937
Lisbon, Portugal
Died 5 January 2021(2021-01-05) (aged 83)
Nationality Portugiese
Known for Sculptor

João Cutileiro OSE (26 June 1937 – 5 January 2021) was a Portuguese sculptor. He is responsible for a number of controversial female ... in marble.

Life

Cutileiro was born and died in Lisbon. He was the creator of several pieces of modern public sculpture, most famous being his statue of Sebastian of Portugal, inaugurated in 1973, in Lagos, in the Algarve. His work marks the end of the academic historical sculpture of the Estado Novo dictatorship and the beginning of a new era of contemporaneity in the Portuguese public sculpture.

Works

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • João Cutileiro, Unikat-Galerie, Wuppertal 1976/1977 and Dortmund 1980
  • João Cutileiro. Amantes, Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal, 1987
  • João Cutileiro. Exposição antológica, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon, Portugal 1990
  • João Cutileiro. Cavaleiros - Homenagem a Paolo Uccello, Centro Cultural São Lourenço, Almancil, Portugal 1990
  • João Cutileiro no Pico, Galeria Municipal das Lajes do Pico, Azores, 2011

Participations

See also

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