Leopoldo de Almeida

Leopoldo de Almeida
Almeida in his studio
Born
Leopoldo Neves de Almeida

(1898-10-18)18 October 1898
Lisbon, Portugal
Died28 April 1975(1975-04-28) (aged 76)
Lisbon
Resting placePrazeres Cemetery
EducationLisbon School of Fine Arts
Known forSculpture
Notable workMonument of the Discoveries
MovementModernist

Leopoldo Neves de Almeida (1898–1975) was a Portuguese sculptor and professor. Belonging to the second generation of Portuguese modernist artists and closely allied to the authoritarian Estado Novo government of the time, he is best known for his work on the Monument of the Discoveries in Lisbon.

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