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Self-Portrait

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in light shades of gray, ochre, earthy, white, blue and black. Thick texture and marked brushstrokes. Self-portrait of half-bust of the artist occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition, seeing to the background a pot with brushes. The pictured is slightly to the left of the composition. Has the head facing slightly toward the on the right, square face, dark hair combed back, wide forehead, seeing the entries of hair and thick eyebrows. wears large glasses with thin frames and round, seeing himself behind the lens, almond-shaped eyes turned to the left; straight nose, fine and closed lips and chin with straight small hole in the center. wear white shirt with open collar. On the right shoulder cut by the edge of the on the left bank of the support. In the background, on the left and center, regular geometrical areas in ochre and gray tones; on the right, you see a large part of the pot, probably clay, suggesting cylindrical shape with open neck through which leaves a large number of vertical brushes and with the ends upwards.

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  • Title: Self-Portrait
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h55cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:self-portrait, diverse:objects:brush, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1361
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4092
Projeto Portinari

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