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ian Modernist Movement. Bastos was the author of many significant works, including the Saint John the Baptist Chapel mural at the Parque e '' Museu Histórico Nacional'', in

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and the vast murals for the Bahian Congress Building. Bastos is mentioned in two of

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´s books.

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