Ricardo Velosa
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| birth_name = Ricardo Jorge Abrantes Velosa
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| nationality = Portuguese
| birth_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| occupation = Sculptor
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Ricardo Velosa is a Brazilian-born Portuguese scupltor and a professor at the Higher Institute of Plastic Arts at the University of Madeira.{{cite web|url=https://madeiraislandmagazine.pt/eventos/mim/2934-a-conversa-com-ricardo-velosa-no-centro-cultural-anjos-teixeira|title= "À conversa com Ricardo Velosa" no Centro Cultural Anjos Teixeira |language=pt-br|website=madeiraislandmagazine.pt}}{{cite web |title=Universidade da Madeira |url=https://www.uma.pt/en/sobre/historia/ |website=www.uma.pt}} He is known for creating busts of profilic Portuguese figures on the island of Madeira.
Works
He is known for creating several works, the best known of his being the bust of Cristiano Ronaldo outside the entrance of Museu CR7 located in Funchal, Portugal.{{cite web|url=http://www.dnoticias.pt/opiniao/cronicas/o-busto-BE1170737|title=O Busto|website=Dnoticias.pt|accessdate=25 August 2017|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329002506/https://www.dnoticias.pt/opiniao/cronicas/o-busto-BE1170737|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://observador.pt/2014/12/22/cristiano-ronaldo-e-uma-estatua-que-esta-dar-que-falar/|title=Cristiano Ronaldo e uma estátua que está a dar que falar|first1=Ana Cristina|last1=Marques|website=Observador|accessdate=25 August 2017|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213155036/https://observador.pt/2014/12/22/cristiano-ronaldo-e-uma-estatua-que-esta-dar-que-falar/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.es/2014/12/21/cristiano-ronaldo-estatua_n_6362462.html|title=Cristiano Ronaldo inaugura su estatua en Madeira|date=21 December 2014|website=El Huffington Post|accessdate=25 August 2017|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213155037/https://www.huffingtonpost.es/2014/12/21/cristiano-ronaldo-estatua_n_6362462.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.numismatas.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=17518|title=Ricardo Velosa - Fórum dos Numismatas|website=Numismatas.com|accessdate=25 August 2017|archive-date=13 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213160759/http://www.numismatas.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=17518|url-status=live}} Other notable works of his include sculpting a bronze bust portrait of Francisco Sá Carneiro, the former prime minister of Portugal from January to December 1980 along with a scuplture called the Homenagem aos Carreiros, depicting a toboggan driver pushing his cart downhill.
Other works of his also include a prominent bust of Júlio Dinis, an important novelist and poet of modern Portugal, being the first to produce literature meant for middle-class readers. One of his notable works around Funchal is a mermaid scuplture named the Sereia do Funchal (Mermaid of Funchal), which is located on the banks of the Funchal harbor.
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| The bronze bust of Francisco Sá Carneiro, former prime minister of Portugal
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| File:2016. Carros de cesto do Monte. Monte. Funchal. Madeira. Portugal.jpg
| A representation of the Homenagem aos Carreiros in Funchal, Madeira
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| A video of the bust of Cristiano Ronaldo directly outside the museum
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| File:2016. Júlio Dinis. Funchal. Madeira. Portugal-2.jpg
| Bust of Júlio Dinis, notable Portuguese medical doctor and poet.
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| Monumento ao Trabalhador in Funchal, Madeira
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| Sereia do Funchal on the banks of Funchal harbor.
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