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Scarecrow

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, gray, green, white, rose, you have, yellow and red. Smooth texture, watery areas and apparent background. Composition representing scarecrow amid the night It depictsry of the open, with ox skull, figures, flowers and hill in the background, against the night sky with moon. In the foreground, scarecrow on the right of center, mounted on a vertical beam and a tilted. The scarecrow's hat, has the yellow face, wears white overalls red dots, with hint of red patches. On the floor in shades of gray and rose, large dark spot where the skull of an ox, planted in short beam, whose shadow is projected to the ground, parallel to the bogey beam shadow. On the ground, numerous small trees, yellow hearts. In the background, clear area where stands the on the left figure of light-colored clothes and on the right, a seated figure and one that appears to be a child standing. In the background, clear hill with top and dark and where it appears a vegetation of small trees. The sky is dark blue like night, with well-light areas to the left, caused by the light that spreads the moon.

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  • Title: Scarecrow
  • 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: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w30.5 x h43.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:scarecrow, Nature:Animals:ox, Nature:landscape:field
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "PORTINARI 939"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3058
  • Notes: Support affixed to hardboard.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1007
Projeto Portinari

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