Fernando Lanhas
Fernando Lanhas, GOSE (16 September 1923 – 4 February 2012) was a Portuguese painter and architect. Lanhas was born and died in Porto. He studied architecture but became known as the leading name in Portuguese abstract painting.
Fernando Lanhas

tak.wing · L1180077 · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Born
- 1923 · Porto.
- Died
- 2012 · Porto.
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Occupation
- architect · painter · astronomer
- Education
- University of Porto
- Languages
- Portuguese
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Fernando Lanhas (16 September 1923 – 5 February 2012) is described as an artist in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Fernando Lanhas was born on 16 September 1923 and died on 5 February 2012 in Porto, Portugal. Fernando Lanhas was born in Porto, Portugal, according to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek and the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Born at Porto in 1923, died in Porto in 2012.
Fernando Lanhas studied at University of Porto. The recorded working language is Portuguese.

O painel de azulejos “À Cidade” é da autoria de Fernando Lanhas e tem uma área total de 35 metros quadrados, sete metros de largura por cinco metros de altura, e 875 azulejos.
tak.wing · L1180078

O painel de azulejos “À Cidade” é da autoria de Fernando Lanhas e tem uma área total de 35 metros quadrados, sete metros de largura por cinco metros de altura, e 875 azulejos.
Mark Koester · Porto, Portugal
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