Loading

He Was Nothing More than a Criminal...

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in orange tones, blue, yellow, green, gray, red, rose, black and white. Smooth texture. It depicts dead man under police official views, a half-breed and another man near the extended figure. In the foreground, man on the ground across the entire width of the composition, with the head to the right. It has greenish face, hair disheveled and wears geometrized clothes in blue and ochre tones with cartridge belt around his waist. Beside the dead, sitting fat figure front. It is round and red-faced, wide-eyed, black beard and mustache covering his face, on the right hand on the head and on the left lying in front of him. wears geometrized clothes in blue tones, green and earthy. In the background: on the left, mestizo and a police officer standing in front and to the right, big clump plant with indefinite features. Orange floor with gray areas and geometrized background.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: He Was Nothing More than a Criminal...
  • 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: w19 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI RIO 959"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3367
  • Function: Illustration no. 7 for the novel “La Puissance et la gloire,” from the book “Romans,” by Graham Greene
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4580
Projeto Portinari

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites