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Tietê River

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray tones, earthy, ochre, green, blue, red, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts river lanscape with vegetation and houses on the banks. In the foreground, on the left, lot of earthy on the bank of a river, which enters with one end to the middle and the on the left, water in shades of green. Next the mount, a fence gatepost in water, which has a range and continues diagonally to the lower on the right corner. The river bed takes up most of the background looking up margins in the background. On the third level, on the left, dense vegetation with shady trees, undergrowth and a gable roof house with blue wall on the side and gray tones in the background. Following on the right, cue another house, canoes and a pier on the river; in the margin, a large tree; a blue mountain in the background with home front. More to the right bank of the river with low vegetation, on higher ground and two houses, one red and the other in blue and gray tones, which seem to be in the water. Basically, light blue sky with thick white clouds closer to the horizon.

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  • Title: Tietê River
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w36 x h28cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:river view
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 935"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5432
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-561
Projeto Portinari

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