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Burial of Child

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, ochre, yellow and blue. Contour lines graphite and aquarelados. Composition representing a funeral, followed by women's procession to the cemetery to the left and the little church of Saint Anthony, on the right. In the foreground, to the right of center, courting a burial, probably of a child, because of the small dimensions of the coffin and its blue color. The procession forms a diagonal on the left to the right, front to the back and appears to be composed only of women, some with suggested physiognomy, all wearing dress, a blue other yellow. In the background, the center, behind the procession, the figure of a fat man standing with hat in his on the right hand and his on the right hand, child figure only indicated. At the top, on the right of center, flying over the procession, an angel only indicated by sketched head, wings and tunic with blue brushstrokes. To the left of the composition representation of the cemetery, with a clear wall in perspective, the on the left diagonal form to the right, from the front to the back. Behind the wall, suggesting trees and tombs. In the background, near the horizon, three houses on one floor and the little church of Saint Anthony.

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  • Title: Burial of Child
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36 x h23cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, religious:angel, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: lead pencil , watercolor
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 935"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3063
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-558
Projeto Portinari

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