Talk:Oscar Niemeyer

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avsa alexandre van de sande - This page used to be a stub and I expanded it, as a part of a university work. I hope to find placeable pictures soon, as its difficult to talk about an architech withou seeing his work. I would be really greatfull to hear about you.

Contents 1 Di Cavalcanti? 2 Brasilia 3 Fan page or encyclopedia article? 4 His ethnicity 5 His correct name

[edit] Di Cavalcanti?

About this part of the article: "in part due to its unorthodox form, in part due to the modern mural painted by Di Cavalcanti."

I believe the mural outside the church in Pampulha was painted by Candido Portinari, instead of Di Cavalcanti.

--Milena 15:51, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brasilia

When exactly was the National Congress Building planned and built? The cathedral? The article has it dangling somewhere between late 50s and 1963, assuming chronological ordering of events was followed throughout.

From Brasilia:

Brasilia was built in 41 months, from 1956 to April 21, 1960 when it was officially inaugurated.

Samsara _contrib ^talk 12:36, 2 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fan page or encyclopedia article?

"Today, Niemeyer is over 98 and still discerning, active and brilliant" and similar quotes throughout the article are unsupported. Some editing in this regard wouldn't hurt. Oswald Glinkmeyer 02:59, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His ethnicity

Was he Jewish? --1523 01:35, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

NO-GERMAN

Well, not really. Notice that his last (father's) name is Soares which is of Portuguese origin. Tsf 18:30, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] His correct name

According to "Fundação Oscar Niemeyer" www.niemeyer.org.br his real name is "Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho". This is the name on his official documents like ID card. However, according to Marcos Sá Correia, who wrote Niemeyer's biography, Niemeyer himself told him that his name was "Oscar Niemeyer Ribeiro de Almeida Soares". I really don't know why Niemeyer said a name that was not his "official" name.

Acba 05:56, 21 January 2007 (UTC)