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Birds and Fish

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white. Predominance of colored areas. On the left side bench that accompanies part of the nave of the church covered with tiles panel which is at the top, birds and side, fish, against the background composed of colorful irregular areas. All animals are in profile to the right and distributed symmetrically. Each is inserted into the frames formed by diagonal lines crossing the entire area of ​​the composition, suggesting a network. Birds are with open wings and have represented feathers. Fish scales have shown and are diagonally alternated their direction: two up, two down. Both animals lines that form squares are represented by white or blue contours contrast with the background tone on which lie.

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  • Title: Birds and Fish
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, Nature:Animals:fish, non-figurative
  • Technique: tiles
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2478
  • Notes: Work’s irregular form accompanies the line of a bench at the left side of the church’s nave, extending to the pulpit in the front and the confessional in the back.
  • Function: Work executed for a bench at the left side of the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Belo Horizonte, MG. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2381
Projeto Portinari

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