Informações Gerais
Family background; his education in Recife; the death of his father; the Escola de Medicina; Gilberto Freyre's research group; Ulysses Pernambucano; Joaquim Cardoso; Portinari influences Burle Marx's work; Picasso; death as a recurring theme in Portinari's large panels; the article written in the "Gênios da Pintura" collection about Portinari; Valladares works for the "O Cruzeiro" and "A Cigarra" magazines; comparison between Portinari and Di Cavalcanti; "Anchieta"; compares the two panels: "Guernica" by Picasso and "Tiradentes" by Portinari; the martyrdom of Christ image in the painting "Northeastern Migrants"; Valladares photographs Portinari's panels at the United Nations/UN; Segall; the religious feeling in Portinari's art; Portinari's contribution to the history of esthetic creation; edits the book "Arte e Sociedade nos Cemitérios Brasileiros"; scholarship to the United States; interest in photography; Carlos Moskovics; switching from medicine to art; contracted tuberculosis while taking care of TB patients; his marriage and admission into a sanatorium; the invitation to work for the chemical company Bayer; practicing writing skills for medical magazines; the intervention at Bayer during World War II; imprisoned and tortured during the intervention at Bayer; Modern Art arrives in Belo Horizonte with the 1945 Exhibition; Portinari's influence on Percy Lau; Lula Cardoso Ayres; the great impact caused by the panel "Tiradentes" upon him; Olga Portinari; Mário Pedrosa; Antonio Bento; Valladares compares Portinari to Picasso.
