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Soccer Game in Brodowski

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in earthy, green, gray, white, ochre, red, blue and yellow tones. Smooth texture. Composition representing eight children playing soccer with cemetery, pole, donkey, vegetation and clear sky with gray spots. In the center of the composition, three boys standing, almost opposite, with suggested facial features, running after the ball represented by light circle, near the left of the boy's foot. He wears a clear shirt, black shorts; has legs spread and bare feet. The center one has suggested facial features, wears yellow shirts and black pants. The one to the right has indicated eyes, wears blue long-sleeved shirts, suspender and pants with the bare left leg and bare feet. To the left, further on, undefined irregular spots, and we see behind child almost in profile to the right, wearing white clothing. More to the left and back, boy seated, facing slightly on the right wearing green shirt. To the right of the composition, the other three boys running from the right to the left, one has arms raised and wears a red shirt, the other, a blue shirt and the third, light clothing. To the right of the composition, donkey profile to the right in gray tones and on the left, cross-shaped pole placed in front of the cemetery, represented by clear quadrangular area, where we can see the indication of tombs and cypresses. To the left in the background, vegetation surrounded with five trees suggested, indicating cultivated gardens and fields. To the right of center, an area limited by blue fence with little white house with blue doors and red roof with a Saint John's mast to the side. More to the right, tree with fruit. Very clear sky, with the suggestion of more dense gray clouds to the left of the composition.

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  • Title: Soccer Game in Brodowski
  • 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: 1933
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w124 x h49.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:children's games:play:soccer, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2972
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions "A7203” and "2567”. On stretcher, inscriptions "C 954” and "256”. On back of frame, inscriptions "232” and "178”; label from Artefact framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-332
Projeto Portinari

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