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Brodowski Square

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, short, quick strokes creating tangles, and some scrapings. It depicts a group of children waving at a clown riding on donkey in Brodoswki Square. In the foreground on the left, suggesting tuft cluster of bushes; the center girl in profile to the left, running, stretched on the left arm holding a wheel that is in front; on the right tree, a tuft suggesting bushes, a profile steer to the left and a front cow. In the background, on the left, a group of ten children on his back waving clown faces on a donkey backwards. In the center, several trees; on the right, row houses, slightly on the right diagonal to the left from front to back, making the edge of the square. On the third level, to the left, a tree with leafy canopy, the center a circus and the little church of Saint Anthony; on the right, two children flying kites, an ox and a continuation of the row houses that make the edge of the square. In the background, to the left sort of forest with tall trees, a row of houses with plantations ago, and on the right street that ends at the square. The prospect of The scene is who was watching the high court.

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  • Title: Brodowski Square
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36 x h28cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:circus, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:rolling a hoop, Brazilian Culture:popular types:clown, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:dog, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:child:girl, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom left edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 957
  • Inscription: Dedication in middle of bottom edge "para o Teophilo no dia dos seu cincoentão com o abraço e os votos de mais um cincoentão do Candinho 12-I-961”
  • Function: Illustration no. 7 for the book “Retrato de Portinari,” by Antonio Callado
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3854
Projeto Portinari

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