[1][2][3] Athos Bulcão was born in Rio de Janeiro on July 2, 1918.

[4] In the 1940s he assisted Cândido Portinari with the "São Francisco de Assis" painting at the Pampulha Church, in Belo Horizonte.

[5] Returning to Brazil, he became one of the collaborators of the construction of Brasília, taking part in several of Oscar Niemeyer's projects.

[6][7] In 1958 he moved to Brasília, where he lived until his death in 2008.

[8] Athos Bulcão died in Brasília on July 31, 2008, due to complications from Parkinson's disease.