Is Part Of
EMPTY LABEL
Title
The Massacre of the Innocents
Description
Composition in gray tones (predominant), black and white. Smooth and thick texture. Composition representing woman sitting on the floor surrounded by pieces of dead children, scattered throughout the area of the composition. The figures are outlined by dark lines and defined by deliberate significant deformation. Woman faces with the profile head to the right. It has long, straight hair, on the left, as if they were beaten by the wind, just rimmed eyes, flat nose and lips parted revealing expression of despair. It has straight arms and sides, on the right leg folded down and on the left supported also vertically folded. Wears dark clothing with white dots. It has in her lap two dead children whose heads are resting on his legs. Around the woman find themselves several pieces of heads and arms of children, with a higher concentration to the right of the composition. Fund represented by geometrical areas in shades of gray that overlap with figures creating chiaroscuro effects.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event10
Related Document38
Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the headquarters of the Rádio Tupi of São Paulo, SP.
Art Form
PanelArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 330.
Collection
Previous Collection
Diários Associados adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita em 1942 por Assis ChateaubriandCollection
Height
150
Width
150
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Others
On back of support and on stretcher, inscription "C 330”.
