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Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines, dashes, light and dark spots, which are confused with the figures. It depicts group of people in one of the steps of the Cross. In the foreground, Jesus standing, facing right. Has suggested facial features, it wears long tunic and is barefoot. After Jesus on the left, man standing in front with stylized features, wearing a helmet, jacket and pants. On the right, another figure is kneeling toward the center of the group, seeing himself on the left leg and foot. In the center of the group, the darker area undefined. Background on uneven light-dark shades.

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  • Title: Group
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious scenes:Stations of the Cross, religious:Jesus, human figure:figure, human figure:group
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 1945"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4241
  • Function: Study, not used, for one of the stations of the cross in the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Belo Horizonte, MG.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2388
Projeto Portinari

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