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Peasant

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, ochre, blue, green tones, orange, rose, ashes and earthy. Smooth, slightly thick hat, marked strokes and well defined in hat and background. Female half-bust representation occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition against a yellow background. Figure faces, using wide-brimmed hat over the head, represented by lines and divergent flap escantilhada. Underneath the hat, cloth shades orange with draping demarcated by areas in gray tones. The figure has facial skin in gray-blue tones, thin eyebrows, big eyes and brown nose suggested by rose stain, closed lips, cheeks stained, long, thin neck. wears blouse with neckline quadrangular in light green tone marked by lines in green tone. Yellow background, marked by parallel horizontal strokes.

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  • Title: Peasant
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h55cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:female settler, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 55" and on reverse of support "Portinari Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3166
  • Inscription: On reverse, stamps "GARE DE LYON DOUANE DE PARIS [illegible]” and "Ministério da Educação e Saúde Museu Nacional de Belas Artes”; inscriptions "10”, "3742” and "56”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3391
Projeto Portinari

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