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Cangaceiro

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones orange, blue, white, gray, ochre, earthy, rose, red and black. Smooth texture with marked brushstrokes. Composition representing bandit It depicts sitting with his white horse side against the floor in shades orange and deep blue. To the left of the composition, cangaceiro figure sitting opposite, body facing slightly to the left. wears typical hat adorned with cangaceiro star in the center and row of medals on the edge. The hair is represented, indicated on the right eye and on the left represented by trait, which suggests to be blind, geometrized nose, lips closed and wrinkles marking faces. He wears blue neck scarf, jacket and pants are suggesting leather with crossed bandoliers chest and waist, white shirt and hanging money belt at the waist and wears flip-flops. His on the right arm is bent, holding the mancho a shotgun vertically supported on the floor between the legs are apart and the on the left is the horse's direction, which is on their side, as if he were caressing. The horse is white and is standing on the left diagonal to on the right, front to the back. Is the head touching the ground with his mouth, nostrils are indicated ears standing and lying along the neck mane, long to the ground.

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  • Title: Cangaceiro
  • 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w149 x h114cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, Nature:Animals:horse, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 58"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1078
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4361
Projeto Portinari

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