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Culture of Minas Gerais

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, ochre, white, blue, earthy, green, orange and black. Smooth texture. Representation of a city with ancient and modern buildings separated by a group of conspirators. The whole composition is geometrized in small rectangles blocks forming plans in perspective. On the left, in the first third of the support, horizontal constructions of multiple windows, several towers scattered churches and mountains in the background. In the center, in the second third of the support, eight men group representing the conspiracy, with the four back only indicated by the circular mass of heads and the four front looking to the right in the direction it points to one of them. To the right of the group, skyscrapers block in most frontal plane than the rest of the composition and three sets of power lines passing through the buildings with little black birds perched on them. On the right in the last third of the support, set of buildings in perspective for background with television antennas suggestion coming from the roof of a few.

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  • Title: Culture of Minas Gerais
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w82 x h24.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:characters:rebels, Nature:landscape:city, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2949
  • Inscription: On mat, inscription by Maria Portinari "MAQUETA [sic] PARA O PAINEL ‘INCONFIDENCIA MINEIRA’ DE AUTORIA DE CANDIDO PORTINARI, em 1960 – AUTENTICADO POR Maria Victoria Portinari, EM 1973".. On reverse, label "Tableau de artes plásticas ltda R. Peixoto Gomide 1881 S.P. 808144 COMPRA CONSIGNAÇÃO 161/2”; inscriptions "nº 4” and "741”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Culture of Minas Gerais” [FCO 2472]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4428
Projeto Portinari

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