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Mule Driver

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and yellow. Contour lines. Knight It depicts and man on foot waving. In the foreground, center, horse-mounted man who is facing three quarters to the left, to the right front paw raised. Man has head turned back, wear suit with jacket and hat, and is riding on winding road lined with flowers and grass. In the background, on the right, as if you were standing at the end of the road, front man, with hat in his on the right hand suggesting be waving to the knight foreground.

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  • Title: Mule Driver
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15.5 x h20.3cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:donkey, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 791
  • Notes: Ocher color produced by coloring back of tracing paper with yellow pencil.
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 370” and "Nº 585”.
  • Function: Cartoon for the engraving “Mule Driver” [FCO 1359]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1944
Projeto Portinari

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