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Gold Mine in Minas Gerais

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, ochre, blue, earthy, black, orange and yellow. Smooth texture with marked brushstrokes. It depicts mining, consisting of three figures compared geometrized background. In the foreground, in the lower on the right half of the composition, a man in profile to the left, bending over a panning holding with both hands. Has the on the left leg forward with the knee bent and feet hidden by the suggestion of water. Shirt dresses short-sleeved, with a rectangle lighter shade in the back and an orange stripe on the sleeve and pants rolled up to the height of the shins with orange accents on the legs represented by visible brush strokes. In the background, on the left, older man than the first, standing in front, with slightly fallen head to the right, looking at his on the right hand, shell-shaped, at chest and holding a panning by the body with the on the left arm. This figure has gray hair and beard and his body, from the waist down, is confused with the geometrics of the fund. There on your clothes the same type of details in orange which is in the clothing of the first man. On the right beside him, another man standing with his on the right hand on his head, looking toward the cupped hand of another miner. Secure the front panning, surrounded by his on the left arm, using gray long beard and also has the lower body concealed by the first figure. The same details of the other clothes, but in yellow. Background in large geometric areas.

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  • Title: Gold Mine in 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w149 x h199cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 56"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2559
  • Function: Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the “O Cruzeiro” magazine, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.. Brazilian Scenes Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3794
Projeto Portinari

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