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Singing School

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, rose, white, black and blue. Smooth texture. It depicts choir of about twenty people singing, occupying the center of the area of ​​the composition, which is all geometrized. In the foreground, we see the first row of the chorus formed by four figures standing opposite side by side; the queue is slightly diagonally from the left to the right and front to back. The figures are not represented facial features and dark areas around the heads suggest the face contour. The two on the left figures hold a kind of long agenda that is filled with small dark vertical strokes. The second figure embraces the first by the shoulders, and has fallen on the right hand. The two figures seem to look on the right in the direction of the agenda. All four wear long robes. Behind the first row to see if the rest of the chorus group forming species triangle with apex to the bottom, and figures are suggested by the heads in light tone. Might falling from from the left to the right, giving effect shading to the right of the figures. Background with irregular geometric shapes.

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  • Title: Singing School
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w45 x h56cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "PORTINARI"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4643
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Pintado por Candido Portinari em 19 (grupo do mural São Francisco, na Pampulha) Maria Victoria Portinari”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the mural painting “Singing School” [FCO 1761]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2412
Projeto Portinari

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