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Landscape During Drought

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, earthy, ochre, blue, gray, black and white. Smooth texture, marked and thick brush strokes in some parts of the ox skull. Steer skull and four vultures lined up in perspective geometrized field lanscape. In the foreground on the left, large ox skull lying on the floor with the ears and muzzle to the left to the right and next to it, a black vulture standing in profile to the left. In the background on the left, two vegetation tufts one behind the other and two fat women, bent, with arms outstretched to the ground; in the center, thin trunk of a tree cut by the upper edge of the support and on the right Urubus two, one behind the other in perspective. In the third plan, field lanscape with scattered shrubs, oxen and horses, looking to the right the room vulture outlined in the distance. The floor is all geometrized in shades of teal and earthy.

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  • Title: Landscape During Drought
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w100 x h80cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:horse, Nature:Animals:vulture, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 938"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1552
  • Inscription: On stretcher, label "Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro – Exposição Portinari Junho 1972”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-934
Projeto Portinari

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