Mentions
Is Part Of
EMPTY LABEL
Title
Prospectors in the River
Description
Composition in tones earthy, ochre, gray, green, blue, yellow and white. miners It depicts in the river and lanscape in the background. In the foreground, on the left, clump of vegetation, two rectangular areas suggesting that trays nuggets and on the right back part of the figure of a man, wearing gray clothing and brimmed hat on his head. In the background, in a river crossing the composition diagonally from the left to the right and from front to back, eight miners arranged in different positions side by side to the bottom, while the last three figures are immersed to chest . Basically, field lanscape, looking up house on the left, on kind of hill and a few feet of trees. Blue sky, brightening up the skyline.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the mural painting Gold Mine [FCO 1751]
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
kraft paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to hardboard.
Height
39
Width
27.4
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 937"
