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Wedding in the Country

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, ochre, green, orange, earthy, white, rose, yellow and black. Smooth and thick texture. It depicts a wedding in the countryside with little church on the right and geometrized background. The group is on the left half of the composition led by the black couple engaged: she on the left, all in white with veil to shoulder height, just suggested facial features, on the right arm over the body and on the left given to the bridegroom is black hat, suit in shades of blue, ochre shirt, tie earthy and blue boots. Behind the bride and groom, group of about a dozen people, of which one sees the whole body only one woman in yellow dress and two orange dress, and on the left a group away from a child's suggestion. The other figures see only the heads, some suggested using facial features and other hat. At the upper right corner, representing Saint Anthony chapel in Brodowski. Background consisting of geometric areas in various shades, which overlap the group and the little church.

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  • Title: Wedding in the Country
  • 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w57 x h49.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Brazilian Culture:country wedding, Nature:landscape:Brodowski, human figure:couple, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2946
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "CANDIDO PORTINARI MARIAGE À LA CAMPAGNE 1957 47 x 55cms HUILE SUR TOILE COLLECTION: SINCERO ZANELLA SAO PAULO”; over the label, stamp "ARTCURIAL S.A. [illegible] capital de 1.000.000 de F. 9 Avenue Matignon 75008 PARIS Tel 2567070 DIRECTION GENERALE DEPARTMENT PEINTURE SCULPTURE – TAPISSERIE” and inscription "PARIS 23/4 5/5/76”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4215
Projeto Portinari

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