OSCAR SCREEN

Paulo Werneck

YEAR: 2018
DIMENSIONS W x D x H (cm): 147 x 4 x 177cm
FINISH: Ceramic
TIMBER: Cedar, Freijo, Imbuia, Sucupira
WARRANTY: 1 Year
LEAD TIME: Approx. 16-18 weeks

Handmade to order. Embedded with a seal certifying its authenticity by Fundação Oscar Niemeyer and part of the ETEL collection

Oscar Screen, named in honour of Oscar Niemeyer, Werneck’s childhood friend and the architect of Boa Vista Bank Building that hosts the Mosaic Mural created by Paulo Werneck in 1943. It inspired his grandson Gaspar Saldanha to create the Screen in partnership with ETEL.

The unique piece was one of the highlights of the ETEL exhibition at SP-Arte/2018.

PAULO WERNECK

1907 - 1987

This self-taught Brazilian modernist created important panels for influential architects, including 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. 

Werneck also created the panels seen at the Maracanã Stadium and Ministry of Finance in Rio de Janeiro, at the Senate and Itamaraty Palace in Brasília and at the Banco do Brasil in the Old Recife district in Recife. He was also the creator of over 300 murals in residential, public and commercial buildings throughout Brazil.