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Title
Portrait of Olegário Mariano
Description
Composition in black tones, ochre, rose, yellow, gray, earthy and lilac. Smooth texture. Portrait Olegário Mariano, standing, occupying almost the entire area of the composition against ochre background. The picture is cut off at the middle of the legs. The body has portrayed 3/4 back to the left and head almost in front; oval face, dark hair combed back with fallen part on the left side of the forehead is wide, straight eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes facing forward, sharp nose, thin lips and closed, long chin, straight to the pit in the center. Fardão wears of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, dark, collar standing at the suggestion chest acanthus leaves. Arm bent on the right holding hat with white plume against the body, slightly bent on the left arm with hand in his pants pocket, seeing up close sword attached to his waist. At the upper right corner, a shield with weapons. Fund ochre, light on the left, darkening to the right.
Location Created
Award
"This work was awarded the European Trip Prize of 1928 by the High Council of Fine Arts of the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes / ENBA; this enabled the artist to spend around two years studying in Paris."
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
In this portrait, poet Olegário Mariano is wearing the uniform of the Academia Brasileira de Letras
Themes
About Person
Olegário MarianoPerson
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Collection
Museu Nacional de Belas Artes incorporada ao acervo do Museu por ter sido a obra que laureou o artista com o Prêmio de Viagem ao estrangeiroCollection
Height
120
Width
65.3
Annotation
Signed and dated in top left corner "C.PORTINARI RIO 928"
