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Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, yellow, gray, orange, earthy, violet, white and black. Smooth, rough and marked brushstrokes. Overlapping geometrical shapes and forms mainly composing the background of the composition. Composition with seven boys playing in the middle of a forest represented by geometrical areas. In the foreground, about five posts and formed by three wires where eight birds lie two by two, and forward, to the right of center mound in blue. To the left of center, boyish figure, front, hanging by the on the right arm to the branch of a tree. It has light hair, indicated facial features, wears blue clothing is with slightly apart and feet bare legs. On the same tree, still see themselves two other boys. In the background, on the left, kills in gray area where you see two oxen; in the center, three boys, two front and one profile to the left, all with the arms forward, as if picking up something; They have slightly indicated facial features and clothing indicated by overlapping geometrical areas in lighter shades. To the right, two tangled in trees geometrized. The floor is also represented by geometrical areas that go from blue to green, yellow and orange from the left to the right, towards the light of the composition. Fund represented by thick forest, in dark tones on the left suggesting light shadows; the center light and on the right, half light.

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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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w129 x h97cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, Brazilian Culture:children's games:play, Nature:Animals:ox, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2373
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "Palácio dos Leilões. E. 109 Ernani Leiloeiro”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4225
Projeto Portinari

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