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Composition in blue tones, earthy, white, gray, green, black and yellow. Smooth texture in the background and thick in the figures and wear spatula. Retreatants group side by side against blue background. From the left to the right: old walking forward with his head down, leaning on bat. It is bald and has long white beard. Woman with turban on his head, 3/4 toward the on the right with squalid child fitted at the waist. Woman facing with backpack in the head and rickety baby sitting forward in his lap. Man with straw hat carrying backpack hanging on the edge of stick handling, supported on the left shoulder, wearing white shirt and blue pants. Dark naked boy, only half dressed and on the left hand shirt on his face. All have represented facial features, clothing geometrized by shaded areas and wear sandals. Plain blue background until the horizon where you will find area in earthy tones with the lower end of the support, looking to the right one ox skull.

Details

  • Title: Migrants
  • 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w70.5 x h90cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:group:men, human figure:group:women, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 959"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1709
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4498

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