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Prospectors

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones orange, green, ochre, browns, white, gray and black. Light contour lines and shading. mining It depicts. In the foreground, lots of earthy with spade in the center. Ago, men in a river. In the background, on the left, man standing in front, looking at the on the right hand that is in pantry. wear white outfit with hat and orange. On the right, Profile prospector on the left, sifting panning. Wears white clothes with band collar and orange and ochre hat. At the bottom, on the left and on the right, men with panning. River banks with greenish planting.

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  • 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: 1937
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:man
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5813
  • Function: Study for the mural painting Gold Mine [FCO 1751]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-5055
Projeto Portinari

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