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Portrait of Commander Coelho Rodrigues

Candido Portinari1929

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in dark shades of black, gray, earthy, ochre and white. Smooth texture. Portrait of middle-body Coelho Rodrigues occupying the center of the composition, against dark background. The pictured is with the torso forward and face 3/4 facing right, has a round face, gray hair combed back, wide forehead mingling with the bald head, bushy eyebrows, eyes turned to the left, short and wide nose , mustache covering his lips and goatee. wear dark suit, dark tie with tie and shirt with stiff collar around his neck. Might falling from the left of the composition, lighting the face portrayed. Background in earthy-tone dark.

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  • Title: Portrait of Commander Coelho Rodrigues
  • 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: 1929
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w70 x h87cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:man, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "C.PORTINARI"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1183
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "(POR PHOTO)”
  • Function: Work was commissioned to honor Commander Antônio Coelho Rodrigues, a benefactor of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.. Work based on a photograph
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-153
Projeto Portinari

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