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Discovery of Brazil

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, ochre, rose, red, gray and earthy. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing Discovery It depicts in Brazil, with group of indigenous on the beach watching three ships, on the left, approaching the coast. The indigenous are in what appears to be a beach edge into the sea, due to the mass composed of geometrical areas in blue and ochre in the lower on the left corner of the composition. The group consists of eight Indian adults and a child India. The Indian on the left out of the pack to be back and crouching on bent legs. He has raised a spear and securely arms horizontally; like the others, he is naked and suggests having body painting, suggested by reddish fine strokes. The other indigenous are grouped on the right of the composition, standing almost in profile to the left, looking and pointing at the caravels. Group ago, child figure India, facing and with his hands over his eyes as if crying. In the background, on the left, three ships diagonally from the left to the right and in perspective for background, sailing in waters suggested by geometrical areas in stronger blue tones of the sky and clearer than the area that is background to indigenous.

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  • Title: Discovery of Brazil
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26 x h34.2cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: diverse:objects:vessel, social:ethnic groups:Indian, historical themes:historical scenes:Discovery of Brazil, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 56"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3500
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Discovery of the Land” [FCO 2551]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3798
Projeto Portinari

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