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Soccer in Brodowski

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, blue, gray, green, rose, earthy, white and black. Smooth texture, marked strokes. Composition representing eleven group of children playing, possibly playing football on the ground in shades earthy in the lower half of the area of ​​the composition, with the chapel suggested at the upper right corner and bottom row houses and blue sky. The group is the center and the on the left; It suggests that it is composed of boys, and the previous five seem to be back with his arms raised and legs apart, and ahead of three others, who appear to be facing. These eight figures just mentioned, wear the same type of laundry stained gray tones. Further back, three boys just sketched, seem to be going against the other. Above on the right, Saint Anthony Church facade in rose tone, the blue side and the red roof. Basically, row houses of a floor and trees, blue sky with gray clouds.

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  • Title: Soccer 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w27 x h35.5cm 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 on reverse of support "CPORTINARI". Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3050
  • Notes: Despite what was inscribed by Maria Portinari, the work was made around 1958.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "‘Futibol [sic] em Brodowski’, pintado por Candido Portinari em 1956 – Maria Victoria Portinari Rio, agôsto 1971".. On reverse, stamp "Mirante das Artes” and "4.000,00” [barely visible]. On back of frame, label "401”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4307
Projeto Portinari

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