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Composition in blue tones, green, red, earthy, ochre and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts Saint Anthony talking to the fish in the field of lanscape. On the right, Saint Anthony on the front foot slightly back to the left, with arms forward and on the right leg further on the left. It has defined facial features, is with his mouth half open, has long hair, with kind of tonsure at the top of the head; It wears long sleeve tunic, collar and rope belt. On the left, the lake with various fish jumping out. Floor area to the horizon, with three coconut trees in perspective from the left to the right, clear the on the right track to the center, low vegetation along the edge of the lake and mountain in the background, almost in the center of the lanscape. Sky in shades "degrade", clearing to the skyline, and some birds flying.

Details

  • Title: Saint Anthony Talking to the Fish
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w114 x h77.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:fish, religious:Saints:Saint Anthony, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:man
  • Technique: fresco
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5115
  • Function: Work executed to decorate a wall in the home of Portinari’s parents in Brodowski, SP. The house where the artist’s parents lived, along with the work, was expropriated by the São Paulo state government in 1969 and transformed into a museum in 1970.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1149

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