Broadening out

Like many other artists, Athos also looked for other ways to earn a living, becoming an illustrator at the Ministry for Education, where he did covers for catalogs, books, and magazines. He also worked at the A Manhã newspaper. 

Seeing his work in applied arts is revealing as it shows him rigorously applying the same esthetic ideas as in his painting and architectural work.

Perhaps one of the best examples of this technique can be seen in the series of covers that he did for the Revista Módulo Arquitetura magazine in the 1950s. 

A meticulous work, revealing how he expresses his research in the palette of colors used in the connection between areas of color and photomontage and in his drawings where the lines never end.

His learning journey can also be seen in his book covers, such as his wonderful creation for The Appointment by Fernando Sabino. 

And also in the album covers he created for Selo Festa, with their colored, cut-out surfaces.

This need to broaden out into other areas also led him to the theater …

 In 1948, he designed the scenery for The Tell-Tale Heart, the Lúcio Cardoso theatrical adaptation of the story by Edgar Allan Poe.    

In 1957, he made the costumes for O Tablado's production of Anton Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya, which was directed by Geraldo Queiróz.     

Exemplary work of his thought in relation to the geometric structure of the print, his choice is for high color contrast [...] and grid structure in which movement is given by the rotation of the quadrangular units.

Athos resisted closed schematic forms Sheets covered in small shapes made from colored paper, all arranged in an octagonal grid. A trick on the eye that can be worn as an everyday item of clothing.