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Pioneers of the Forests

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, blue, gray, yellow, ochre, earthy, red and white. Smooth and rough texture in the foreground figures. Deforestation It depicts. In the foreground, to the left and taking almost the entire height of the composition, man standing in front with his legs apart, his face turned to the left, holding with both hands on the right an ax like deal a blow. Is bare torso is muscular and wears rolled up pants up to the shins. On the right corner, cut the tree trunk with the floor an ax. In the background, on the right of center, Profile crooked man on the left with arms outstretched and legs apart in a position to who will hold the trunk in front. wears short-sleeved shirt and pants rolled up. Slightly behind and to the right, two workers, an almost after another, standing in front of loading a trunk over the on the left shoulder, both bare torso and rolled up pants. The floor is geometrized predominating green and yellow. In the background, geometrized representation of forest in light shades of blue and green where you see two workers in the same positions of foreground workers: one on the right, is standing in front, legs apart holding an ax and the other, on the left, curved profile to the right, like pick up a trunk. Workers have the facial features just outlined.

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  • Title: Pioneers of the Forests
  • 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w153 x h185cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:lumber, social:ethnic groups:Indian, social:workers:woodcutter, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 1951"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1666
  • Function: Work executed for the insurance company A Equitativa dos Estados Unidos do Brasil – Sociedade Anônima de Seguros Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2919
Projeto Portinari

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