Born in Africa in 1925, in Angola, to parents from Alentejo, he was raised in Alentejo and lived most of his life in Lisbon, in Parque Mayer. He was a painter and renowned set designer. He was a disciple of Master Pinto de Campos in Portugal, and of Masters Yves Brayer and Henri Goetz at the Academie La Grand Chaumière in Paris. He worked as a painter, set designer, and costume designer in Theater, Cinema, and Television.
He was a co-founder of the theater groups Ádoque and A Barraca, and Mário Alberto, and was one of the main contributors to the renewal of the “Revista à Portuguesa” with “O Fim da Macacada” at Teatro ABC in the early 1970s. Throughout his career, he was also a professor of Set Design at the Almada Theater Company and at the Chapitô Circus School.
As a man connected to culture, he held several solo and group exhibitions. His works are represented in the collection of the Theater Museum in Lisbon and in many national and foreign collections.
His last work for theater was the set direction of “Tem a Palavra a Revista,” which premiered at Maria Vitória in the year 2000, with sets by António Casimiro, Avelino do Carmo, Eduardo Cruzeiro, Jorge Rosa, Juan Soutullo, Luís Furtado, Mário Alberto, Moniz Ribeiro, and Octávio Clérigo.
He was married multiple times, including to the actress Maria do Céu Guerra. In 2002, his photobiography “O IVAngelho II Mário Alberto” was published.
In the field of visual arts, he had a career marked by numerous solo and group exhibitions since 1957. His works were exhibited at Gallery Raymond Ducan in Paris, France; Galeria Divulgação in Porto, Portugal; Casa da Imprensa in Portugal; Galeria do Teatro Capitólio in Lisbon, Portugal (1963); I Exposição de Arte Moderna da Costa do Sol at Casino do Estoril, Portugal; and many more.
He was awarded several prizes, including the 1971 Set Design Award from Casa da Imprensa, being honored as the Artist of the Year at the Almada Theater Festival in
