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Seascape

Candido Portinari1953

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, green, blue, earthy, gray, white, yellow and red. Smooth, thick in the waves and marked brushstrokes. Composition representing beach with swimmers and sky and islands background. In the foreground, the beach sand strip across the entire width of the holder. Further down, near the sea, several small groups of bathers indicated schematically and five colorful umbrellas. The sea is represented in shades of light green, looking slightly on the left diagonal on the right, breakers range of waves with white foam. At sea, on the left of center, five figures. In the background, the horizon, blue sky with clouds and on the right of center the Cagarras islands.

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  • Title: Seascape
  • 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
  • Physical Dimensions: w55 x h46.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:sea view, Nature:landscape:Rio de Janeiro, human figure:figure, human figure:group
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 953"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2535
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3245
Projeto Portinari

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