The image is a classic scene, representing the plastic arts. On a stone step, on the right, a woman is seated, with her hair tied back, wearing a skirt and blouse, holding a paint palette and brushes with her left hand and with her right a canvas resting on the floor, with the representation of a female figure. . To the side, a child figure, naked, holding a brush and, on the left side, a female figure, with long hair. Wearing a long dress, with one shoulder and one breast bare, she holds a hammer in her left hand and a chisel in her right. In the background, a classical statue of a female figure, reclining on a divan, with her hair tied in a bun, her back bare and her legs covered with a veil. To her right, a female figure, standing, with her hair down, a robe hanging down, leaving one shoulder and one breast bare, with her left arm resting on a smooth column with a Corinthian capital. In the background, three larger buildings and a lower one, portray the view from the docks of Porto Alegre, in 1950, with the word "ARS" above.
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