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Amílcar Augusto Pereira de Castro (born: Paraisópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6 June 1920, died: Belo Horizonte, Brazil 21 November 2002) was a Brazilian artist, sculptor and graphic designer. Starting his career as a graphic designer, he revolutioned the design of Brazilian newspapers in the 1950s, but from the 1960s he focused on sculpture as the leading figure of the Brazilian neo-constructivist movement. Amilcar de castro became an internationally renowned and is famous for large, bold simple steel forms nearly always characterised by a design based on "one cut, one fold." ^[1]

Sculpture by de Castro in the garden of the Museu de Arte Contemporaneo, University of Sao Paulo

Various sculptures by de Castro in (clockwise from top) Ibnirapuera Park, Sao Paulo; Unknown location, Sao Paulo; Pampulha, Belo Horizonte

^ "Obituary: "Amilcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian Sculptor Known for Works in Iron". New York Times. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

[1] "Obituary: "Amilcar de Castro, 82, Brazilian Sculptor Known for Works in Iron". New York Times. 2010-12-02. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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