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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, blue, white, yellow, red, green, rose and ochre. Smooth texture with strokes marked the boy's figures and sheep. Boy It depicts with sheep in wilderness terrain, with hills in the background. The boy is lying on the floor with the body diagonally - head to the left and up - on the left arm folded on the right forehead and hand over the body, as if giving food in the mouth of the animal. He's on the right leg stretched out, seeing if the sole of the foot represented in green and drop shadow to the right; on the left leg bent with knee up and his foot planted on the ground. His face, arms and legs are represented in white. Wears yellow shirt and red pants with strokes marked geometrically. Sheep is lying on top of the legs, in profile to the left, behind the boy's on the left leg, and is with her head resting on his chest. Drop shadows to the right in the animal's rear height and under the boy's arm and leg. Construction perspective view to center the composition and strokes in the horizontal direction in the same pitch until the horizon where no representation hills. Sky bright blue.

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  • Title: Boy with Sheep
  • 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: w54.5 x h45.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2628
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3309
Projeto Portinari

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