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Portrait of Jorge de Castro

Candido Portinari1928

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in purple tones, earthy, ochre, gray, rose, red and white. Smooth texture. Jorge de Castro portrait standing, almost full-length, against purple background. The pictured are young faces, with the head turned slightly to the left. Has rounded face, brown, short and spread to the left hair, broad forehead, thick eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes facing forward, straight nose and rosy lips and closed. Arms along the body, and the on the right hand is tucked in his pants pocket, removing his jacket and revealing the brown vest narrow lapels, buttoned by three buttons, white shirt with gray reflexes and striped tie diagonally in gray tones, red and brown. In his jacket pocket to see the tip of a handkerchief in lilac tones. Trousers in ochre. Plain background in lilac tone by looking in the upper on the right part of a painting of a naked female crouching. Might falling from the right.

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  • Title: Portrait of Jorge de Castro
  • 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: 1928
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w59 x h126cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "C.PORTINARI RIO 928"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3259
  • Notes: Support made of thick canvas.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-119
Projeto Portinari

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