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Cangaceiro on Horseback

Candido Portinari1953

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, green tones, ochre, earthy, blue, black and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts bandit on horseback in the open lanscape. The man is at the center of the train in front has represented facial features, wears characteristic hat bandit, with flap and three stars in front, wear clothes in greenish tones, cross-pouch in the trunk, and rifle in tow which it sees tip behind the on the right shoulder. The horse is in ochre tones. On the right pitas in ochre tones in perspective to the bottom and one on the left. Floor with colored geometrical areas. Background in shades of blue.

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  • Title: Cangaceiro on Horseback
  • 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: 1953
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, Nature:Animals:horse, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:man
  • Technique: gouache
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4834
  • Function: Illustration no. 34 for the novel “Cangaceiros,” by José Lins do Rego. Cangaceiros Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3196
Projeto Portinari

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