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Picking Coffee

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, rose, black and white. Parallel and intersecting lines. It depicts farmer harvesting coffee. The man is at the center of the composition, climbing a ladder that is leaning against a foot of coffee in the background. He's back, slightly turned to the left, with his on the left leg in two degrees higher than the on the right leg and secure the ladder with both hands are above the head. wears green hat tabs, sleeves shirt and long pants. The bush is bulky and is all filled leaves, ground to the top. Ground rose and green background.

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  • Title: Picking Coffee
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w12 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating coffee, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5134
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4138
Projeto Portinari

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