Leopoldo de Almeida
1898
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1975
Portuguese sculptor (1898-1975)
Leopoldo Neves de Almeida (1898–1975) was a Portuguese sculptor and professor. Belonging to the second generation of Portuguese modernist artists and closely allied to the authoritarian Estado Novo government of the time, he is best known for his work on the Monument of the Discoveries in Lisbon.