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Prospectors in the River

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, ochre, gray, green, blue, yellow and white. miners It depicts in the river and lanscape in the background. In the foreground, on the left, clump of vegetation, two rectangular areas suggesting that trays nuggets and on the right back part of the figure of a man, wearing gray clothing and brimmed hat on his head. In the background, in a river crossing the composition diagonally from the left to the right and from front to back, eight miners arranged in different positions side by side to the bottom, while the last three figures are immersed to chest . Basically, field lanscape, looking up house on the left, on kind of hill and a few feet of trees. Blue sky, brightening up the skyline.

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  • Title: Prospectors in the River
  • 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: 1937
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w27.4 x h39cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 937"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2714
  • Notes: Support affixed to hardboard.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Gold Mine” [FCO 1751]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-750
Projeto Portinari

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