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Landscape

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in the earthy of dark tones and gray, ochre and white. Smooth texture. Composition representing backwoods lanscape, seeing himself two oxen, a fence with animal head bones and hills. In the foreground, on the left and center, two clear oxen, lying, profile to the right and head forward. On the right part of a fence stakes diagonally with four and three strands of wire saw on the end of the first gatepost, beef carcass with head horn stuck. The lanscape is flat ground looking up, on the left and on the right, mounds distributed symmetrically in a row in perspective for background. On the horizon, to the left, large arid hill with rounded top and on the right, two much smaller hills. Sky "degrade" ash darkening to the upper edge of the support, seeing to the center, flock of flying birds.

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  • Title: Landscape
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w73 x h59.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:Animals:skeleton, Nature:landscape:field
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3726
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1224
Projeto Portinari

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