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Favela

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, yellow, gray, ochre, brown, white and black. Thick texture. It depicts slum hill with geometric areas. They see two hills, a higher and pointed ahead. They consist of colored brush strokes of various rectangular sizes. Tip figure in earthy tone on the left window, front, with his arms resting on the sill. A little more to the right, figure standing, white clothing, suggesting can load a white head. This figure is turned, as if entering a port on the right side. More to the bottom center, another figure in the window, head blue and yellow shirt tone.

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  • Title: Favela
  • 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
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, Brazilian Culture:shanty town, Nature:landscape:hillside, Nature:landscape:Rio de Janeiro
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 6152
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-5071
Projeto Portinari

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