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Lovers

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts couple dancing against background in the open and hill suggestion. The couple is in the center of the composition, one facing the other; man's body is half covered by the woman, both are fat and are barefoot. The woman is on the left, front, turned to the right, has coarse features, wears little hat, light-colored dress with darker prints that resemble leaves. It is with the on the left leg seated between the legs of the man, and the on the right leg bent back. The man is on the right, half covered by the woman, facing left, with suggested eyes, wear clothes sleeves and trousers, with his on the right hand embraces the woman and the on the left holds a kind of plate in hand. Basically, kites on the left and on the right, hill's suggestion with some house and vegetation. Floor in light-dark shades. Heaven Tone "degrade" clearing on the horizon.

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  • Title: Lovers
  • 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Nature:landscape:metaphysics, human figure:couple
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4214
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1234
Projeto Portinari

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