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Quartering of Felipe dos Santos

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, gray, earthy, ochre, rose, red, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts dismemberment of Felipe dos Santos, with several figures, animals and people in the background. From the left to the right and from the bottom up, various It depicts are followed. The first group of animals, with turkey in gray and white tones, steer to the ground tone, back, and kid in rose tone from the front. Further back, figure in earthy tone, suggesting be back, facing the crowd standing in background. The second It depicts suggests a kneeling figure in profile to the right and another crouched forward, elbows on the floor and hands on head, both wearing white clothes. In the center, Profile horse to the left, in rose tone; further back, prancing horse profile to the left; and in the background, another figure from the front, with legs apart, in front of another group of people. The third It depicts is in front, two women kneeling in front, represented in earthy and blue tones and a figure close to the white chest on the left. Further to the right, crouching profile man on the left, represented in clear area in drop form, suggesting amontado catch a cloth on the floor. Further to the left, bump into gray and white, crested and red beak. In the background, behind the women, boy standing back to back with open arms and legs, white shirt and blue pants. In front of the boy, man lying on the floor, seeming to be caught by the legs to two horses they are riding to the right. Basically, two groups of people. The last It depicts on the left is of a boy standing back to back with open arms and legs beside her two kids, one in blue tone and the other in earthy tone. In another background picture and animals. Floor with geometrical areas in various shades.

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  • Title: Quartering of Felipe dos Santos
  • 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w105 x h56cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:historical scenes, Nature:animals, human figure:figure, human figure:group
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Signature? Date?
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4934
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Quartering of Felipe dos Santos”; not executed. Work designed for the Palácio da Alvorada, Brasília, DF
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4294
Projeto Portinari

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