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Boy with Kid

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, ochre, purples, orange, yellow and earthy. Thick texture. It depicts boy with kid sitting on a sandy beach, seeing to the seabed. To the left of center, boy sitting in front, with his head back and legs straight; it wears yellow shirt and orange pants that are rolled up. The feet are parallel and perpendicular, and the soles of the same are shown in blue. The on the left arm is stretched by hand on the ground and the on the right is embracing a kid in violet tone that is on their side, standing in profile to the left, licking his face. The boy and the kid are in a white sand beach with darker areas. In the background is seen the sea line with islands on the left and on the right and clear-blue and stoned.

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  • Title: Boy with Kid
  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w55 x h45.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:kid, Nature:landscape:sea view, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1109
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3306
Projeto Portinari

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