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Storm

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in the earthy tones, black, ochre, white and green. Thick texture and apparent strokes. Outdoor It depicts, seeing are five trees in a storm hits. In the foreground, from the left to the right, four trees arranged asymmetrically, small veins to the right with thin trunks and not very dense canopies. In the background, to the left, another smaller tree also bent to the right. On the floor, dark lines and a few light strokes define arid soil. Low Horizon defining ground. The sky near the horizon is represented by light area that darkens as it rises. Still in the sky, on the left the area with rain represented by dark lines on the left diagonal to on the right, from top to bottom; in the center, most rain area falling in the same direction and on the right rain area slightly less dense falling slightly on the right diagonal to the left, from top to bottom. A light ray represented by irregular line in a horizontal view through the sky in the upper half of the composition.

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  • Title: Storm
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w72 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:field
  • Technique: oil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1887
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom left edge "PARA O AGUINALDO MEU AMIGO, PORTINARI BRODOWSKI 1943”. On reverse, stamp "Ministério da Educação e Saúde Museu Nacional”. On stretcher, label "Col. Dr. Aguinaldo Xavier Tempestade óleo Exposição [illegible] Milão – Itália 21 de março a 21 de abril 1963 nº 75” and labels from the Galerie Charpentier, from Milan customs and from Transportadora Fink; barely legible stamp from Paris customs. On back of frame, the same Ministry stamp; inscription "Em 4 de abril de 1946 José Leite”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1819
Projeto Portinari

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