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Flying Kites

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition of earthy tones, blue, green, white, black, red, green, yellow and ochre. Smooth texture. Boys flying kites in open field field. Seven boys scattered from the front to the back, hands raised, as if they were holding the lines of the kites. The first boy is on the left of center, and wears shirt with blue polka dots. The boy on the left is ¾ facing right and wears jersey with red polka dots and the child wears the on the rightmost shirt with yellow polka dots. The other four boys wear all white clothes. They have defined facial features and have the volumes of heads and bodies defined by dark masses. Shadows represented to the right of the figures. Stones scattered on the floor in the foreground. The kites are in colors: two tone red, one yellow, one blue and one green. On the right, small trunks, diagonally from the front to the bottom and from the left to the right. Delimiting the clearing field, about lower trunks, diagonally on the left corner and straight from the left to the right. Behind the fence, green field with hint of flowers on the left. Clear Sky on the horizon, fading to the top, staying in dark blue.

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  • Title: Flying Kites
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w50.9 x h38.2cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:flying kites, Brazilian Culture:children's games:toys:kite, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: tempera
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right corner "PORTINARI 1941"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5885
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4958
Projeto Portinari

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