Nuno de Siqueira

Nuno de Siqueira (Lisbon, 1929-2007) studied at the Faculty of Law and at the School of Fine Arts. In 1959 he went to Paris on a Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation scholarship, where he worked alongside and learned from Vieira da Silva, Árpád Szenes and Almada Negreiros. He took part in solo and group exhibitions in Lisbon, New York and Rio de Janeiro. He received an honourable mention at the 6th São Paulo Biennial (1961) and the 1st Critics' Prize at the 1st Paris Biennial. In 1969 he founded the Judite da Cruz Gallery in Lisbon with his wife, and he created the panels for the Olivais metro station. He was made Grand Officer of the Order of Merit in 2007.