Having moved to Brazil at the age of ten, after studying in Italy he returned to live in Sao Paulo in 1919. Thanks to a scholarship he then spent the eight years between 1921 and 1929 in Paris. Alternating stays in France and Brazil, his artistic style developed under the influences of movements and artists central to modern European art, above all Cubism, Art Deco, Brancusi. His sculptures, depicting human figures with historical or mythological themes, highlight his mastery in the use of materials such as granite, marble, wood, terracotta and bronze, with admirable results particularly in the play of light and shadow.
