Amílcar de Castro

Amílcar Augusto Pereira de Castro (6 June 1920 – 21 November 2002) was a Brazilian artist, sculptor and graphic designer.

Early life and education Born in Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil Amilcar de Castro was the child of a judge and the oldest of seven children. from 1944 to 1950 where he studied design with Alberto Guignard and figurative sculpture with Franz Weissman.

From the late 1950s he focused on sculpture and was one of the leading figures of the Brazilian Neo-Concrete Movement.

After receiving a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation and the "Foreign Travel" prize at the 15th National Salon for Modern Art in 1957 he travelled to the United States, basing himself in New Jersey. In 1971 he returned to Belo Horizonte dedicating himself to artistic and educational activities. He directed the Escola Guignard Foundation from 1974 to 1977 where he taught "bidimensional and tridimensional expression." He was Professor of Sculpture at the UFMG School of Fine Arts from 1979 to 1990 and of Sculpture at the Art Foundation of Ouro Preto-FAOP in 1979.

Output De Castro is particularly famous for large, bold simple iron forms nearly always characterized by a design based on "one cut, one fold."

De Castro did not just produce steel sculptures, he also used wood, marble and glass. Reflecting his training under Alberto Guignard and his work as a graphic designer, he also produced thousands of graphic works, drawings prints and large scale paintings, as well as objects and jewelry.

Personal life De Castro was married to Dorcilia Caldeira Castro. They had three children. He died in Belo Horizonte, Brazil on 21 November 2002.

Selected works , 1960