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Pot of Flowers

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, white, gray, earthy, green, red and black. Smooth texture, with marked strokes mostly in the background. Composition representing a vase of flowers with Dahlias between flowers of the field, amid the open lanscape, with floor-hued earthy suggestion mountains in the background and blue sky with clouds. The vessel occupies the central area of ​​the composition has oval shape and is white with black vertical risquinhos. The vessel is arranged a bouquet of flowers, which stand three dahlias, and there is a larger and two smaller. Among the dahlias, various leaves, foliage and small red and blue flowers, leaving the bouquet and seem to float in the air. The lanscape of the floor is indicated by horizontal band in shades earthy. On the horizon are suggested three mountains in green tones, two on the left the vessel and a on the right. The sky is indicated in light blue tone, marked by white and gray brushstrokes suggesting acorns clouds.

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  • Title: Pot of Flowers
  • 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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w38.5 x h46cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:flowers
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at top right "PORTINARI 1942"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3417
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1668
Projeto Portinari

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