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Strike

Candido Portinari1950

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre tones and earthy predominant, yellow, red, blue and black. Smooth, thick, marked strokes. Composition representing strike It depicts with group of women kneeling and sitting on the rails of a railroad and seeing to the locomotive background and rocky region. The rails are in prospect to the bottom, cutting entire height of the composition. In the foreground, on the left of center, figure almost back woman, kneeling on the rail, his arms raised, long dark hair, wearing red dress and is barefoot. A little further back, on the right woman sitting on the rails, in profile to the left, long hair, arms resting on the thighs, legs apart, barefoot, wearing long sleeve dress in shades of blue. Also in the foreground, a little further back, four figures, all sitting, two back and two to the right profile. In the background, three women, standing, back, arms raised, forming a on the right diagonal to the left, facing the background. On the left, sitting on the support, the representation of one or two figures. In the background, still between the rails over a group of women, some sitting and others standing, all with his arms raised. At the end of the tracks in the center of the composition, semicircle with lighter concentric lines, representing the train engine. The background on, also in perspective to the bottom, on the right and on the left, rocky region of representation. Overlapping geometrical areas mainly characterize the ground, but appear irregular in the shadows of the garments and the rocks volume representation.

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  • Title: Strike
  • 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: 1950
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h55cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:strike, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI PARIS 1950"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2394
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "Exposição no Pavilhão de Arte Contemporânea de Milão – Itália 21 de março a 21 de abril de 1963 – Col. Mendes André A Greve”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2865
Projeto Portinari

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