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Children’s Games

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, ochre, earthy, yellow, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts children playing in geometrized background. At the center, bright area with vertical small risks, contrasting with the darker area that surrounds it. From the left to the right, front to the back, The scene are set: in the foreground, on the left to the right boy without defined facial features, on horseback, which is facing left; the horse is with his head on the floor as if he were grazing, the floor is rectangular in light shade, with small dark streaks. Further back, seated figure, turned to the right, with legs straight, without defining facial features. In the background, two boys jumping carrion, a bent to the ground and another jumping over, legs apart, seeing only his open on the right hand. In front of composition boys group represented by contours. Only one boy has facial features and is sitting on the floor and in front of a puppy. More to the center of the composition, in the clearest area, children playing wheel, defined by contour lines, and overlapped at some points by geometrized the background. In front wheel more to the right group of children sitting on the floor, facing left with arms raised; hand, two children lying on the floor. A little further back, two children playing seesaw, one underneath and one on top, with open arms. Further down, on the right, the more a child representation. Background with irregular geometrical areas.

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  • Title: Children’s Games
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w98 x h37cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:ring-around-a-rosy, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:seesaw, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:leapfrog, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4061
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Children’s Games” [FCO 1760].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2298
Projeto Portinari

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