1935 (-1989) Born in Vitoria de Santo Antao, Pernambuco, Brazil
1950’s Moved to Rio de Janeiro
1976 Resided in London
1977 Moved to Rio de Janeiro
Solo Exhibitions
1967 GEA Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
1969 Picola Gallery, Rio de Janeiro
1972 Elvaston Gallery,
Galerie Hammer
Funarte’s Macunaima Gallery, Brazil
Additional exhibitions in Frankfurt, Vienna, Paris and New York
Group Exhibitions
1971 "20th National Modern Art Salon"
1974 "International Competition of Naןve Painting", Kasper Gallery, Switzerland
2003 “The Naןve World”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
Bibliography
"Brazilian Art Today: 50 Years Later", Roberto Pontual, 1973
“Naןve Painting”, Smeets Offset BV, 1976, Weert, The Netherlands
"“Aspects of Brazilian Primitive Painting”, Aquino de Flavio, 1978, Rio de Janeiro
“Naןve Maleriei Heute”, Herbert Weisner, 1981, Germany
“World Encyclopedia of Naןve Art”, Oto Bihalji-Merin, 1984, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
“Naןve Art in Brazil”, Jacques Ardies, 1998, Sao Paulo
“Brasil Naif, Arte Naif: Testemunho e patrimonio da humanidade”, Lucien Finkelstien, 2001, Rio de Janeiro
"Naןve Painting", Anatole Jakovsky, Phaidon Press Limited, 1979, Great Britain