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Candido Portinari1960

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, yellow, green, lilac, rose, gray, white and black. Thick texture with marked brushstrokes. Six children playing, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition, which is all geometrized. From the left to the right: the top half, girl sitting on swing, profile to the right and face forward, using green dress; boy riding profile on the left carrying on his shoulders a boy sitting; in the center, two boys jumping carrion, from the front, a bent his hands on his knees and the other at the top, with arms and legs spread and ultimately girl sitting on swing, 3/4 turned to the left, wearing blue dress . Children do not have the facial features represented and are barefoot. The composition is geometrized and divided into three rectangles vertically: the on the left, lilac; the center and the on the right blue, yellow.

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  • Title: Children Playing
  • 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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w72 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:swing, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, human figure:child:girl, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 60"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1496
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4703
Projeto Portinari

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