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Title
Convent of Saint Teresa
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, green, gray, white, red, blue and black. Smooth texture. Hill representation of Santa Teresa to the convent at the top, surrounded by houses and cloudy sky. In the foreground on the left, houses, are seeing parts of roofs, poles with extended clothes and small shrubs. On the right construction with high wall tone red earthy, white walls and three blue windows. In the background, the hill in ochre seeing in the center a clothesline clothes, on the left, continuation of houses and on the right, two houses. At the top of the hill, the monastery viewed from the side, with the facade of the front to the right where you see the leafy canopy of a tree. The building is surrounded by walls painted gray and finished off at the top by white band. In the background, cloudy sky in gray tones.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
This work depicts the view of the Santo Antônio hillside with the convent on top, as seen from a window of Portinaris atelier at Rua Teotônio Regadas 34 in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, where the artist lived from 1931 to 1932
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
73
Width
91
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "C.PORTINARI 932"
Annotation Others
On reverse, illegible stamp. On stretcher, inscription "Restaurado 9-11-69 ER”.
