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Cangaceiros

Candido Portinari1950

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Tangled and parallel lines. Composition representing four cangaceiros group, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support, seeing to the bottom tip of hills. The group is represented only to the bust are all facing, two and two in the foreground, indicated by only hats behind. The most prominent is on the right. Has indicated facial features, wears characteristic hat and vest closed-necked shirt. He has his on the left hand on her chest and secure a sort of folded and fallen back lash. To the left, a little further back, another bandit, also with the indicated facial features, wearing a hat and closed-necked shirt. Behind these heads, we see part of the hats of two other bandits. In the background, hint of hills and on the right next to the left shoulder of the first bandit, indicating a face to represent the eyes and nose.

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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: 1950
  • Physical Dimensions: w27 x h26cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, human figure:group:men, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: gouache , India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari Paris 1950"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4315
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2883
Projeto Portinari

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