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Mining

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, green tones, earthy, gray, ochre, white and black. Colored contour lines and area. Composition representing mining It depicts with four men working within a river and a man watching the It depicts. On the left, standing figure of a man on the river bank, represented in shades earthy, almost on his back, as if supervised the service of the miners. To his on the right, stylized thicket and large circular object, suggesting panning. In the water, suggested by watery four miners. What is ahead is the on the right of the composition, standing in profile to the left, wearing a hat, is with the body bent down to the panning between the hands. Further back, also on the right prospector with the same characteristics of the previous. On the left, two more: the front, the on the leftmost and the other, more to the center, both standing, front, with legs in the water, and the second has a panning ahead. In the background, hint of the river in darker tones, with boats and mounds of boulders indicated.

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  • Title: Mining
  • 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: 1941
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h23cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:prospecting for gold, social:workers:prospector, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: gouache , India ink brush
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3453
  • Notes: Top of support is shaped like a semicircle.
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "Ao quadro elegante decorações R. Sebastião Pereira 150. Tel. 513966 São Paulo”.
  • Function: Study, not used, for the mural painting “Mining of Gold” [FCO 3768]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1491
Projeto Portinari

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