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Boy with Fish

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, earthy, violet, orange, yellow, rose, white, green and ochre. Smooth and thick texture, wear spatula and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing boy standing with fish around the neck occupying almost the entire support area, seeing to the arid lanscape background with hills. The boy has suggested facial features, wears long sleeve shirt in shades of orange and yellow forming squares, violet tone pants rolled up below the knees and bare feet. His legs are slightly apart and arms folded over the fish rose that carries around his neck. The scene takes place on the flat earthy in dark tone, looking up at the bottom, on the skyline, hills and blue sky. Might falling from the left of the composition creating areas of blue-green shadows on the left cheek, chest, hands and legs of the boy.

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  • Title: Boy with Fish
  • 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: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w25 x h44cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:fish, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 54"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1725
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3320
Projeto Portinari

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