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Boy with Sheep

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in light blue tones, white, yellow, ochre, lilac and green and earthy tones. Smooth texture and marked brushstrokes. Boy sitting with sheep in his arms, against blue background. The boy is sitting in front of stone suggestion, with his head down looking at the sheep standing embracing lying in her lap. It has a round face, straight hair with bangs over his forehead, suggested facial features, arms wrapped around the ram and legs apart. Geometrized shirt dresses in yellow tones, green trousers rolled up and is barefoot. The ram, in lilac and white tones is lying horizontally, from the left to the right. White floor looking up on the left a pita and on the right, slightly behind a tree with thin trunk and two round tufts. In the background, blue sky, looking up hills on the horizon.

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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: w72.5 x h92cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:sheep, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1470
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3302
Projeto Portinari

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