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Boys Flying Kites

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, ochre, black, blue, red, orange, yellow and white. Smooth texture. Composition representing four boys flying kites in undefined lanscape. Two boys are in the foreground, one in the background and the fourth in the background. All hold the kite string, three are in the air and lying on the floor. Two of the boys wear red shirts, and one checkered; one wearing navy blue shirt and what's more the background is almost indefinite. In the air, we see a red kite, a blue and a yellow and that is fallen is in ochre. The fund is defined by the area in light ochre, suggesting horizon, darkening down and up.

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  • Title: Boys Flying Kites
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w57.8 x h71cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Nature:landscape:desert, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1941"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5457
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1557
Projeto Portinari

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