Paulo Werneck

Paulo Werneck was a man of many talents. This self-taught Brazilian modernist created important panels for influential architects, such as brothers Roberto and Affonso Eduardo Reidy and Oscar Niemeyer. For the latter, he made the murals for the nave of the São Francisco de Assis da Pampulha Church, as well as the panel for former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitscheck’s house in Belo Horizonte, in 1943.

Werneck also created the panels seen at the Maracanã Stadium and Ministry of Finances (in Rio de Janeiro), at the Senate and Itamaraty Palace (in Brasília), and at the Banco do Brasil agency in the Old Recife district (in Recife). He was also the author of the seven murals installed at the IRB Brasil RE terrace, as well as of other 300 murals in residential, public and commercial buildings.

He designed the Gaspar, Joaquim, Otto and Yolanda tables as gifts for friends and family, and in them we can see a sample of his beautiful work as a muralist.