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Shantytown

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in light shades of green, white, ochre and gray and blue tones, green, earthy, orange and black. Smooth texture, rough, thick, marked strokes. Composition representing group of three musicians in slum represented by geometrical areas. Musicians are probably serenading the woman who is to the right of the composition, in profile to the left. On the left, deeper, man leaning against the door of a shack. In the background, hills with indicated shacks and sky in shades of blue, green and ochre; moon in crescent on the left.

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  • Title: Shantytown
  • 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: w60 x h50cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, social:ethnic groups:Black, Brazilian Culture:musicians:band, human figure:group:men, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4334
  • Inscription: On stretcher and on back of frame, illegible stamps.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4183
Projeto Portinari

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