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.