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Cangaceiro

Candido Portinari1956-05

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, gray, earthy, black, green, blue, ochre-red, orange, violet and white. Tangled lines, parallel and intersecting. Composition representing cangaceiro half-body occupying almost the entire support area, seeing himself in the background, savanna lanscape suggestion. The figure has dark skin, black hair fallen behind the shoulders, wear characteristic hat, leather, decorated with three stars. His face is round, the forehead is almost entirely covered by the hat, his eyes are small, separated, pulled up and face forward, small nose, thin and closed lips and chin straight. wear gray outfit with yellow and green scarf around the neck, crossed bandoliers chest and waist. His on the right arm is bent with the hand holding the pouch waist; The on the left arm is bent holding the strap that passes through his gun, which is vertical, the shoulder on his on the left shoulder. Fund all dashed yellow suggesting arid lanscape and sky in the same tone with on the left circle representing the sun.

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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: 1956-05
  • Physical Dimensions: w22.5 x h45cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, human figure:man
  • Technique: crayon, color crayon, sanguine
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3706
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para o Eugenio fraternalmente Portinari Capri V 1.956”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3885
Projeto Portinari

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