FCO-1378 - Burial of Child | Artwork

EMPTY LABEL

Title

Burial of Child

Description

Composition in black and white. Straight and parallel lines, contour lines and some shaded. It depicts a child's burial through the whole composition on the left diagonal to on the right, front to back, wide path representation; the center of this four profile boys on the left walking; They carry a small coffin. Boys are slightly tilted forward, they have dark skin; the two that are on the left of the coffin holding in his on the left hand hat. They are using jacket and shorts and is barefoot, four have his on the left leg more forward than the on the right. Walking behind the coffin, a woman wearing long white dress with hands covering his face revealing attitude of great despair, his on the left side walks a boy. Along the way, on the right, a small dog in profile to the left, suggests to be watching the It depicts. Fund represented by areas filled by parallel straight lines suggesting arid and dark sky represented the same way suggesting heavy atmosphere. In the foreground, center, on the right, of earthy that borders the representation also way with straight, parallel lines.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

Themes

socialdeathSubject

natureanimalsdogSubject

Human FigurechildboySubject

Human FiguregroupmenSubject

Human FigurewomanSubject

Related Event8