Loading

Prospectors

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining shadows and contours with fast and parallel lines. mining It depicts in a river without defined background. In the foreground on the left figure of a man from the front, wearing a hat holding strainer at the waist. To the right, a little further back, Profile man on the left, torso tilted forward, hat on his head, holding a sieve. Legs plunged into the water up to the knees and that the on the left is more forward than the on the right. In the background, a little on the left of center, outline of a third figure.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Prospectors
  • 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: w16 x h13cm 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: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom right edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 581
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 373” and "Nº 513”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “Prospectors” [FCO 1665]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2917
Projeto Portinari

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites