Sérgio Ferro

Sérgio Ferro (born 25 July 1938) is a Brazilian painter, architect and professor.[1][2]

Ferro was born in Curitiba, Paraná. He graduated from the University of São Paulo with a degree in architecture in 1962 and completed his post-graduate studies in 1965. In 1968, he placed a bomb in the Conjunto Nacional in Sao Paulo near the American consulate.[3] The explosion amputated the leg of a passerby.[4] He then fled and lived outside his own country for 30 years. Ferro taught at the Grenoble School of Architecture from 1982 to 1997.[1] [5]

He resides with his wife, Ediane, in São Paulo, Brazil, and Grignan, France.

Sérgio Ferro's paintings can be found in museums worldwide, especially in Brazil and France.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sérgio Ferro". Spatial Agency.
  2. ^ a b "Sérgio Ferro". Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural (in Portuguese).
  3. ^ "Quatro paredes mágicas".
  4. ^ "Folha".
  5. ^ "Consulado dos EUA no Conjunto Nacional".

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