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Viegas

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Head of man occupying almost the entire support area against white background. The figure is from the front, slightly turned to the left, has rectangular face, straight hair on part of the forehead is wrinkled, drooping thin eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, cross-eyed, long and wide nose with bone deviation, thin lips parted, points suggesting beard straight and chin recess. The neck suggests that short seeing is the beginning of clothes with hard collar turned tips.

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  • Title: Viegas
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w16 x h21cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "C.P.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1270
  • Notes: Support affixed to paper.
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom edge of paper to which work is affixed "Viegas”
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Viegas” [FCO 4553]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1897
Projeto Portinari

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