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Migrants

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, orange, gray, white, green, lilac, violet, red, rose, earthy, ochre and black. Smooth texture. Group of refugees walking in orange surface against blue background. From the left to the right: old with green face and long beard suggestion, supported by big stick; slightly ahead, with the woman holding large backpack on the right hand on his head and carrying on the left arm a squalid baby is sitting in front, both whitish face with bluish spots; man with his on the right arm along the body and the on the left bent at shoulder height holding something falling on the back; naked boy with dark man beside her, paunchy, with very fine members. Men wear high crown and brim hats, jackets and dress pants to the middle of the leg that are geometrized well as the dress of women. Orange area cuts the composition horizontally at the knees to the bottom margin. See to the small housing on the right. Blue plain background.

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  • 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w27 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI 58"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1581
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "Exposição Museu Nacional de Belas Artes – Rio de Janeiro – junho 1972”; inscription "33562”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4348
Projeto Portinari

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