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Bandeirantes

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, earthy, ochre, yellow, gray, black and orange. Smooth and rough texture. Four figures standing on the right half of the support against geometrized background. To the right of the composition, figure of a pioneer, full body, front holding a gun with both hands vertically to the left of the body. To his on the left, also full body front, figure of a pirate with a gun at the waist, his on the right hand holding the belt and the on the left forehead, as if looking in the distance. Behind the back of pioneer, a man. Behind and between the heads of the pioneer and pirate, the head of another man. The three front figures wear long beard. The on the left half of the composition and background are geometrized, standing out on the left, three darker vertical stripes interspersed with rectangles of different colors suggesting kills.

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  • Title: Bandeirantes
  • 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: w31.5 x h37.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:historical scenes:explorers, historical themes:characters:explorers, Nature:landscape:forest, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1402
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Bandeirantes” [FCO 2553]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3806
Projeto Portinari

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