Oscar Casares (painter)
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Oscar Casares (December 8, 1977) is a Portuguese painter and a costume and fashion designer.
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He spent his childhood in the village of Santa Maria Távora. He began his academic career at Arcos de Valdevez. He graduated cum laude from the General Arts Course in Braga. He was taught and mentored by Maria de Lourdes Magalhães.
Career
He started his painting career in 1990. In 1993, he was invited to be the official portrait artist for the Belo-Belo Gallery. He was asked to paint the last official portrait of Pope John Paul II, and the portrait received high regard from the Pope in 2004.[1] In 2008, he painted a portrait of Nicole Kidman.[2]
Oscar's work is represented in more than three hundred private collections all over the world, Australia, Angola, Belgium, Brazil, Spain, USA, France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Vatican.[3]
