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Tiradentes

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white, yellow, blue and rose. Quick strokes, contour lines, shaded. It represents several groups of figures facing to the scaffold seen in the background. On the left, standing figures group and back, four of which are represented full-length and the rest just has represented heads. The group forms a block disposed in the diagonal on the right to on the left towards the bottom of the composition. In the central third of eight figures standing group and back. Two are full body represented and only six have represented heads. On the right near the group, kneeling, front, black hair, rose colored face, lightly sketched strokes, arms raised above his head, open hands. Behind her, on the left, head of suggestion. On the right figures group standing in profile to the left. Two are represented full length while the others only see the heads. This group forms a compact unit arranged in diagonal from the left to the right toward the bottom of the composition. In the background, on the right of center, standing figures group and back. In the third plan, soldiers in triangular formation around the scaffold located in the center. At the bottom, on the left and on the right, several figures outlined.

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  • Title: Tiradentes
  • 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: 1948
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w29.5 x h19.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:characters:Tiradentes, human figure:figure, human figure:group
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left edge "Portinari 49 [sic]"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1853
  • Notes: Work is dated 1949, but was actually made in 1948.
  • Function: Sketch for the panel “Tiradentes” [FCO 3195]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2781
Projeto Portinari

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