Paulo Werneck was a man of many talents. A self-taught Brazilian modernist, he created renowned murals for influential architects, such as 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 and designed decorations. In 1943, he designed the main decorations of former Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitscheck’s home in Belo Horizonte.
In addition, Werneck created the murals still visible at the Maracanã Stadium and at the Ministry of Finances building in Rio de Janeiro, as well as at the Senate and at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, and at the Banco do Brazil agency in the Old Recife district in Recife. He created 300 murals in residential, public, and commercial buildings, amongst which are the seven ones displayed at the IRB Brasil RE terrace.
He designed the Gaspar, Joaquim, Otto and Yolanda tables as gifts for friends and family, and in them we see his beautiful work as a muralist.
