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Title
Scene from Artist's Childhood
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, overlapping lines, parallel lines, and small plateaus dotted areas. Composition representing street in perspective, having on the left home with two people at the door, one of which wields a revolver; on the right, wounded man leaning against a tree and supported as a child. On the street, fleeing figures, chapel and a dog. In the foreground on the left, home, and the door, a woman's figure that seems to hide behind a curtain; figure of a man, standing in profile to the right, suggested facial features, on the right arm wielding a gun, with which it seems to have thrown a man figure fell on the right of the composition. The wounded man is kneeling and fallen back, leaning on tree trunk, supported by boy, who is on your on the right. Figure head is fallen to the back, facial features suggested pain, on the left arm flexed by hand flat on the chest, most likely on the wound. Beside him, standing boy doll has features and on the left arm as if embraced the wounded man. On the left, on the sidewalk of the house, a fallen chair and deeper, hat man figure running scared. Still on the left figure with arms outstretched and head out of the window of the house, as if asking for help. In the middle of the street, and more clumped behind dog walking to the back, with the head in profile to the right. In the background, the continuation of the street in perspective for background, having on the left home with tree in the background and on the right, suggesting construction homes amid vegetation. In the middle of the street, running to the bottom, two figures show of hands. Deeper, just suggested, a horse and other figures in the midst of an area flanked by buildings; We on the left San Antonio Church and in heaven to the center, great sun, which radiate line segments that fill the entire background of the composition.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event3
Related Document15
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 8 for the book Retrato de Portinari, by Antonio Callado
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
26
Width
39.4
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
