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Tiradentes

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, earthy, blue, yellow, green, violet, lilac, red, orange, rose, gray, white and black. Smooth texture, transparency effects, overlay and juxtaposition of colors and shapes. Composition representing three different It depicts, the arrest and trial, the hanging and quartering, and the distribution and exhibition rooms and the head of Tiradentes. The reading of the composition is made from the left to the right, with The scene in sequential order, corresponding to the running of the historic event. Each It depicts occupies about 1/3 of the horizontal direction and the support is demarcated by boundary lines in the vertical direction. The three It depicts have the same compositional characteristics: groups of figures represented against geometrized background, defined figures and constituted by several juxtaposed and overlapping colors without facial features represented. The arrest and trial of The scene is in the foreground, on the left, with group ahead figure dressed in costume that looks soldier, seeing to the bottom, second and third planes, two groups that appear to be made of popular. In the foreground, center, group of people people. On the right figure that stands out and that seems to be facing Tiradentes group where no member of the court reading the sentence. The second It depicts is about Tiradentes gallows assembled in the public square, looking up the crowd in the background, soldiers around the scaffold and figures of the court and the people in the back, facing The scene that unfolds in the background. The third It depicts is seen in the foreground, dismembered body of Tiradentes, on the gallows, against the background of the crowd. The body is represented by the rooms and the head of Tiradentes arranged on tall poles, having on the left the post where the head group consisting of woman with baby in her arms and children. To the right of this post, common people with arms raised above their heads.

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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: w89.5 x h17cm 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: tempera
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 48"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2364
  • Notes: Support affixed to plywood.
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "358 Pintor: PORTINARI Motivo: Tiradentes”; stamps "[MINIST]ÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA [ESCOLA NA]CIONAL DE BELAS ARTES Carlos [illegible]” and "GALERIA DA PRAÇA [illegible] nº 18”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “Tiradentes” [FCO 3195]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2793
Projeto Portinari

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