Joaquim Bravo: A Pioneer of Geometric Abstraction Joaquim Bravo (1935 – 1990) emerged from Évora, Portugal, as a singular voice in the burgeoning Portuguese art scene of the 1960s. His artistic journey wasn’t marked by formal training but rather by an innate passion for literature and philosophy—influences that profoundly shaped his distinctive visual language. Alongside fellow artists Álvaro Lapa, António Charrua, and António Palolo,…