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Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, gray, red, rose, ochre, green, earthy, yellow, purple and black. Smooth, thick, marked strokes. It depicts five children playing, occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. In the foreground on the left, two boys playing leapfrog: the low, curved profile to the left and the other on the right in the heel, from the front, with arms and open legs. On the right, boy sitting forward with his head down and legs apart playing with a trap ahead. Shortly after, with the side edge, boy standing with his back. In the background, in the center of the composition, boy riding on his back with his on the right arm raised. At the top, small colored squares representing kites. Figures have defined facial features. Floor divided into geometric fields and blue sky with gray clouds, clearing toward the horizon.

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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: 1937
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h38cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:bird trap, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2906
  • Inscription: On stretcher, inscriptions "A-8260 [scratched out]”, "B-566” and "36 x 48”; label "Loja Artística Lazzaro & Ugo”; stamp from Museu de Arte Moderna.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-678
Projeto Portinari

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