- Born
- Died
- Birth nameOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
- Oscar Niemeyer was born on December 15, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was a production designer, known for Tricheurs (1984), Pedro Mico (1985) and Milena Leblanc: La noce de Milena (2021). He was married to Vera Lúcia Cabreira and Annita Baldo. He died on December 5, 2012 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- SpousesVera Lúcia Cabreira(November 16, 2006 - December 5, 2012) (his death)Annita Baldo(1928 - October 4, 2004) (her death, 1 child)
- Brazilian architect, who is considered one of the most important and influential modern architects.
- Designed a large number of residential, commercial and government buildings in the new planned capital of Brazil, Brasilia (1960).
- Father of Anna Maria Niemeyer, with first wife, Annita.
- Has five grandchildren: the photographer Carlos Eduardo "Kadu" Niemeyer, Ana Lúcia and Ana Elisa (from Anna Maria's marriage to Walter da Silva Attademo), Carlos Oscar Niemeyer and Ana Cláudia (from Anna Maria's relationship with Carlos Magalhães Silveira.
- He has thirteen great-grandchildren.
- Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man. What attracts me are free and sensual curves. The curves we find in the mountains, in the waves of the sea, in the body of the woman we love.
- In architecture, the most important thing is astonishment.
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