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Music Band

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, black, blue, earthy, rose and yellow. Smooth texture. Set of five musicians playing various instruments. In the foreground, on the left, full-length musician playing tuba, sitting forward with her legs open. On the right black musician, standing, playing clarinet. In the background, on the left, musician figure sitting in profile to the left, with his legs crossed, touching suggesting be a trumpet or a horn. On the third level, two figures half-length playing instruments that appear clarinet or flute. Background treatment with geometric shaped area plans which affect the figures, creating transparency effects and geometrizando whole composition.

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  • Title: Music Band
  • 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: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w45 x h54cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:musicians:band, Brazilian Culture:musicians:clarinet player, Brazilian Culture:musicians:flute player, Brazilian Culture:musicians:trombone player, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 56"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 67
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "ON 976”.
  • Function: The musician seated in the foreground, at the left, depicts Baptista Portinari, the artist's father
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3820
Projeto Portinari

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