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Cangaceiros

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, brown, earthy, ochre, green, rose, orange, black, red and white. marked strokes and apparent support in some areas. It depicts with groups of bandits and mountains in the background. In the foreground, in the center, bandit standing in profile to the left, holding the barrel shotgun that is supported on the ground. wears leather hat, orange neckerchief, crossed bandoliers chest on blue clothing and are barefoot. On the right suggestion tuft of vegetation. In the background, on the left, seated figure in profile to the right with arms extended forward with on your on the left a man's figure standing in front, wearing blue hat and clothes. In the third level, on the left, cangaceiros group standing in front. The figures do not have the facial features represented and are barefoot. In the background, mountains and blue sky and moon in the top on the left.

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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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.5 x h33cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2663
  • Notes: Support affixed to buff cardboard.
  • Inscription: Signed in dedication at bottom edge of cardboard to which work is affixed "Ao Thiago de Mello, amigo que o querido Zé Lins, me deu abraço de Portinari”. Undated
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4505
Projeto Portinari

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