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Title
Portrait of Arthur Bernardes Alves de Souza Filho
Description
Composition in yellow tones, earthy, blue, ochre, white, orange, green and red. Smooth and rough texture. Portrait of boy half-length holding a doll with lanscape in the background. The portrayed is in the foreground, in the center of the train in front. It has serious face, big head, short, blond-red, wavy hair, round eyes, small nose and well-designed full lips painted red. Yellow vest long sleeve shirt closed up to the neck and wears thin tie horizontally striped, the ochre and orange. Secure with both hands, the on the left chest, a dummy of ball joints having a cone-shaped hat with the same boy tie stripes. In the background, on the left, a white horse, with the head turned to the right and the mane blowing to the left. In the third plane, on the right, human figure on his back, wearing white pants and orange shirt, with arms pointing to the left in the direction of three back figures, which seem to look a plane flying low above their heads. At the bottom, ahead of the three figures and below the plane, representation of aligned houses, some trees and a horse back to the left. To the right, another white horse facing left, plus a number of houses and a tree behind. Ochre floor with wide horizontal bands on the ground, planting suggestions in the background, in front of the houses. Heaven represented with thick clouds, seeing against him four barrels: three to the left and on the right of the boy's head.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
About Person
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
61
Width
59.5
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 960"
