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Festival of Iemanjá

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, yellow, blue, gray, green, earthy, white and black. Smooth and rough texture. Composition suggesting a large crowd occupying the sand strip of a beach, and part of a sidewalk with parallel and sinuous lines that characterize the Copacabana Beach sidewalks can be seen. On the left, geometrized area with quadrangular shapes, in the center and on the right, a crows is suggested by dark dots over light colored areas and the figures close to the bottom edge of the composition are suggested to be women, all wearing long white dresses.. In the lower right half of the composition, diagonal strip from left to right, back to front, suggesting the Copacabana sidewalk. In the upper edge of the support area, dark area with crossing lines along the width of the composition, in horizontal perspective, suggesting a waving sea and night sky.

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  • Title: Festival of Iemanjá
  • 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: w38.2 x h25.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:popular celebrations:Festival of Iemanjá, Nature:landscape:Rio de Janeiro
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in middle of bottom edge "PORTINARI 59"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1053
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4668
Projeto Portinari

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