This is a list of Nadir Afonso artworks: paintings, engravings, and architecture.
All data was sourced from websites (linked to) and from the books and catalogues listed in the main Nadir Afonso article.
Paintings
Titles are shown in their original language as conceived by the artist, and translated if needed, except the titles made of place names, which are shown in the English form. Multiple-source inconsistencies are shown in the Notes column. The artist's method usually involves one or more studies before the final artwork, which sometimes is revealed only years later; the artist also sometimes returns to work on artworks after they are publicly exhibited. This explains some of the multiple or alternative dates.
Early works DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1935Rua da Cadeia (Jail Street)1936Rio Cávado (Cávado River)oil on canvas, 32x30 cmcollection Nadir Afonso Foundation1936Campinas (Fields)1oil on canvas, 23x34alt. date 1937; collection Nadir Afonso Foundation1936Canto do Rio (River Corner)1937Forte de S. Francisco (Fort St. Francis)watercolor2nd prize, national contest "Which is the most beautiful Portuguese landscape?"1938Arredores (Surroundings)1oil on canvas, 37x31 cmalt. date 1936; collection Nadir Afonso Foundation1939Cais da Ribeirastudy1939Gaiamixed techniquealt. title Gaia I1940Portomixed techniquemotif: boats on a river dock1941Douro no Porto (Douro in Porto)alt. title Douro1941Clérigos1 2 3mixed technique1941Modelos (Models)1941Cavalos Alados (Winged Horses)study1943Praça dos Aliados (Aliados Square) 21945Évoraoilnot related to the 1945 oil Évora Surrealista
Expressionism
DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1939Cerâmica de Chaves (Chaves Ceramic Factory)11939Ponte D. Luís I (King Luis I Bridge)1oilbased on a 1939 study1939Self-Portraitripped apart and thrown away by the artist, found and restored1939Gaia II1940Banhistas (Bathing Women)not related to the 1947-89 oil on canvas As Banhistas1940Praça da Batalha (Batalha Square)1oil1940A Mulher e o Galo (The Woman and the Rooster)1937-41A Bruxa de Escarei (The Witch of Escarei)1941A Fuga de Lot (Lot's Escape)1942Ribeira (Riverside)1oil1942Vila Nova de Gaia1oil on hardboard, 53x50 cmalt. not dated; based on the 1940 studies Gaia, Vila Nova de Gaia, and Vila Nova de Gaia II1942A Sebastianista (Sebastianist Woman)study1942Ponte de Lima1942Margens do Cávado (Margins of the Cávado)1 (right)study1943Cais em Massarelos (Quay in Massarelos)1944Evocação (Homage)study1944Figura Sentada (Seated Figure)study1945Alvito1946La Ville d'Avry (The Town of Avry)gouache, 21x31.5 cmColinas de Gondomar (Hills of Gondomar)watercolor1946Place du Châtelet (Châtelet Square)not related to the 1958 painting Châtelet1946O Poeta (The Poet)study1946Luxembourg1946Place de la Concorde (Concorde Square)1946Pontes de Paris (Bridges of Paris)not related to the 1947 painting of the same title (but same subject) nor to the 1977 oil on canvas Les Ponts de Paris1946Ponte de Austerlitz (Austerlitz Bridge)1946Banlieu (Outskirts)1946O Sena (The Seine)1946Chômage (Unemployment)1946Margens do Tâmega (Margins of the Tâmega)study1947Sur la Plage (On the Beach)1947Pontes de Paris (Bridges of Paris)not related to the 1947 painting of the same title (but same subject) nor to the 1977 oil on canvas Les Ponts de Paris1947A Ópera (The Opera)not related to the 1947 painting L'Opéra nor to the 1983 painting Opéra1947L'Opéra (The Opera)not related to the 1947 painting A Ópera nor to the 1983 painting Opéra1947Pont et Rue du Bac (Bridge and Bac Street)1947A Mexicana (Mexican Woman)study1947Tâmega11947Agrela1947Entardecer em Valdanta (Limelight in Valdanta)1study1947Orléansstudy1948Pont de Saint Michel (St. Michel Bridge)1948Barcos no Cais (Boats in the Quay)study1948La Marnedated 47; study1948Lake Vincennes1948Le Rhône à Lyon (The Rhône at Lyon)1948Saudade (Nostalgia)1948Casas de Lisieux (Houses in Lisieux)study1948Zeusstudy1949Ruas de Paris (Streets of Paris)study1949Vera Cruznot related to the first decade of 21st century acrylic on canvas of the same title1949Catedral de Gand (Gand Cathedral)1949Les Ponts (The Bridges)1949Moscownot related to the 1995 painting of the same title1949O Amor (Love)1950Calvão1 (left)1950Viennanot related to the painting of the same title1950Île-de-France1950La Saône à Lyon (The Saône at Lyon)study1951Chamonix1951Florence1951As Margens do Capibaribe (The Margins of the Capibaribe)study1951Represa do Agapito (Agapito Dam)study1952Catedral II (Cathedral II)1953Margens (Margins)1 (left)legend: "Margens do Mar Cáspio" (Margins of the Caspian Sea); study1953Pontevedra1953Praia de Aveiro (Beach in Aveiro)1953La Marne à St. Dizier (The Marne at St. Dizier)1954La Rhône (The Rhône)1954Catedral IV (Cathedral IV)1956Caramulo1956Amsterdamnot related to the 1994 painting of the same title1957Fábricas de Charenton (Factories of Charenton)study1951-59Cathédrale Bleue (Blue Cathedral)1959Luxembourg Gardens1959Tuileries PalaceCasas de Mytilene (Houses of Mytilene)study1962Vale de Salém (Salem Valley)study1963Nature1947-67Codeçais1 (right)dated 47; study1968Restos de Escuna (Remains of a Schooner)21x23,5 cmauctioned on June 14, 2007, by Leiloeira Invicta (Porto, Portugal), base price: €4,000; motif: two women, one of which pregnant, pre-surreal style
Surreal period
DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1945Évora Surrealista (Surreal Évora)2 3oilalt. title Évora; alt. date 1944-01; based on a study; collection Nadir de Afonso Foundation1946Metamorfose Artificial (Artificial Metamorphosis)oil on canvas, 74x70 cmcollection Nadir Afonso Foundation1954Musas (Muses)1947-87Jeunes Filles (Young Girls)not related to the 1991 painting of the same title1950-88Psyché2007Apolo (Apollo)1:gouache 2:gouache 3:gouache 4:gouache/detail 5:gouache/detail 6:exhibition (left)acrylic on canvas, 200x230 cmone of five oversized paintings by this artist; based on a 2007 gouache on paper, 28.5x34 cm; both collection Nadir Afonso Foundation
Iris period
DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1943Metalocromia (Metalochrome)1946No Titleoil on canvas, 75x75 cmmotif; curls over green and red background; rainbow on top right1946Composição1alt. title Composição Irisada (Iris Composition), not related to the 1946 oil on canvas Composição Irisada1946Composição Irisada (Iris Composition)2 3oil on canvas, 97x97 cmalt. not dated; alt. title Composição, not related to the 1946 painting Composição; collection Nadir Afonso Foundation1947Os Metais (The Metals)1951Pisa Istudy1951Pisa IIstudy1951San Marcostudy1956Monte Branco (Mont Blanc)1956Les Alpes (The Alps)1948-98Máquina (Machine)1 21998Fundo dos Oceanos - Expo 98 (Ocean's Deep - Expo '98)1Íris (Iris)1gouache on paper, 40x50 cmbased on a 1958 gouache study; not related to the 2000 acrylic on canvas of the same titleAsas (Wings)1based on the 1964 painting Composition Irisée (Iris Composition), which was based on the 1948-49 (alt. date 1948) painting Asas (alt. title Composition Irisée)
Espacillimité series All paintings in this series are independent of each other, despite their common titles.
DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1954Espacillimité21956Espacillimité Animé de Mouvement (Espacillimité Animated with Movement)1 2canvas on rotating drumpictured at the 1958 Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris1957Espacillimitéoil on canvas, 82x152 cmexhibited at the 1961 São Paulo Art Biennial; 2007 sale price (Antiks Design gallery, Lisbon, Portugal): €65,0001958Espacillimité1 2alt. title EspacilimitadoEspacillimité1Espacillimité1Espacillimité1
Baroque period DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1954Auriculo1954Lotusstudy1954Les Spirales1oil on hardboard, 67.5x86 cm1954Composition11955Audible II1955Caractères1 2 3oil on canvas, 70,4x90 cmcollection of Ana de Carvalho Alves, auctioned on May 9, 2007, by Palácio do Correio Velho (Lisbon, Portugal), sold at base price: €30,0001955Caractèresoil on canvas, 94x115 cmreproduction of the same year's oil on canvas of the same title; collection Nadir Afonso Foundation1956Flora1 2alt. date 19531992Espirais (Spirals)reproduction of the 1954 oil on hardboard Les Spirales
Brazil period DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1947Geometrias11948Morfometrias (Morphometries)1948Thot1based on a study1951Formas Pré-Geométricas (Pre-Geometric Shapes)1based on two 1951 studies; alt. date 1961
Egyptian period DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes19451drawingmotif: woman in profile1950Le Roi (The King)1950Friso do Falcão (Frieze of the Hawk)1951Friso de Fayoum (Frieze of Al Fayyum)gouache, 28x37.5 cm1951O Relevo de Karnak (The Relief of Karnak)oil on canvas, 66x97 cm1951Le Dieu Rá (King Ra)1952Deux Styles21952Áspide (Aspid)11952Friso de Ápis (Frieze of Apis)1952Rencontre (Meeting)1952Nefertite (Nefertiti)study1952Orla Negra (Black Rim)based on a study; alt. date 19531953Horus1 2oil on canvas, 95.5x135 cmnot related to the 1954 painting Hórus; collection Nadir Afonso Foundation (alt. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation)1953Vestales (Vestals)study1953Serpente (Serpent)study1953Engrenagem (Gears)gouache, 27x40 cmbased on, or the basis for, the painting of the same year and title1953Engrenagem (Gears)based on, or the basis for, the painting of the same year and title1953Mycènes1954Friso de Mênfis (Frieze of Memphis)gouache, 15x30.5 cm1954Hórus (Horus)not related to the 1953 painting Horus1954Beni Hassan1954Frise des Coqs (Frieze of the Roosters)1954Lis (Fleur-de-lis)study1954Friso de Ísis (Frieze of Isis)1mixed technique, 64x100 cmauctioned on October 23, 2007, by Palácio do Correio Velho (Lisbon, Portugal), estimate: €25-30,0001955Nubia1955Friso de Ámon (Frieze of Amon)1gouache, 20x41 cmbased on a 1953 study1955Géométrie Animée (Animated Geometry)1955Roulement (Bearing)1955-56Friso de Ísis (Frieze of Isis)study; based on the 1955-56 study of the same title (different color scheme)1956Osíris (Osiris)1956Offrande (Offering)1957Círculos (Circles)11957Rotações (Rotations)study1957Policromia (Polychromy)1957Pré-Geometrias (Pre-Geometries)1958Frisos (Friezes)study1958Arcosstudy1981Período Egípcio (Egyptian Period)acrylic on canvas, 68x98 cm1958-89Hieróglifos (Hieroglyphs)gouache, 25x39.5 cmalt. date 1958
Geometry
DateTitleImageDescriptionNotes1951Contrastes (Contrasts)dated 48-89; study1952Desintegração Geométrica (Geometric Disintegration)1955Les Billes (The Marbles)1959Ensemblesstudy1961Príncipes (Princes)study1962Cabeleira de Berenice (Berenice's Hair)legend "Brahms 62"; study1965Perspective Ioil on canvas, 88x115 cmalt. date 19681965Perspective IIoil on canvas, 88x115 cm1965Perspective III1965Projections Istudy; based on the 1961 gouache Projections, 19.5x29.5 cm1968Projections IIstudy1963-85Papillon (Butterfly)1971Rosácea (Compass Rose)1958-89Origens Geométricas (Geometric Origins)gouache, 34x29 cmbased on, or the evolution of, a 1958 studynot datedGeometrias (Geometries)oil on canvas, 95x132 cmcollection Nadir Afonso Foundationnot datedComposição Geométrica (Geometric Composition)oil on canvas, 94.5x131 cmcollection Nadir Afonso FoundationDispersão Geométrica (Geometric Dispersion)1gouache on paper, 38.5x57 cmbased on a 1958-68 study
Cities series