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Jesus

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in white tones, blue, gray, green, red, earthy, ochre and gold. Resulting rough texture own support and smooth. Jesus standing in front occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition against blue background. He's with the head turned slightly to the right and up; It has long face, clear and long wavy hair, broad forehead, almond-shaped well separated eyes turned upward, long nose and thin, well-designed and lips closed and light beard. wear long white robe with green finish neck, gold and blue on the sleeves and cuffs, narrow red stripe and two blue, one narrow and one wide, in the bar. wears on the tunic, a white blanket on the outside and green inside, stuck in the neck finish. It has the on the right arm folded diagonally across the chest with the hand-B near the heart and the on the left arm upwards, diagonally, with hand at head height; bare feet slightly apart. Background in tones of deep blue.

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  • Title: Jesus
  • 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
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w71 x h180.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:Jesus, human figure:man
  • Technique: tempera
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2760
  • Function: Work executed to decorate the right third of the left side wall of the “Nonna” chapel in Brodowski, SP. The house where the artist’s parents lived, along with the work, was expropriated by the São Paulo state government in 1969 and transformed into a museum in 1970.. When Gustavo Capanema received a letter from Portinari with photos of the chapel he was working on for his grandmother “Nonna,” he commissioned the artist to do a copy of this work. See “Head of Jesus” [FCO 997]. The model for this work was a friend of the artist.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1339
Projeto Portinari

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