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Cangaceiros

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Smooth texture. It depicts two bandits standing hugging the on the left of the composition. The man faces, embraces the other that covers half her body. Facial features marked, on the right hand on the pouch that is crossed on the back of the other man. The back bandit, has longer hair, wears cross-pouch on the back and two bags hung under his arm. Both are barefoot and wear costumes. Behind the figures, part of a rectangular house with long window and straight roof. To the left of this It depicts, lanscape with pitas and marking the horizon.

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  • Title: Cangaceiros
  • 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: 1952
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w29 x h32cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 52"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5239
  • Function: Illustration no. 19 for the novel “Cangaceiros,” by José Lins do Rego. Cangaceiros Series.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3115
Projeto Portinari

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