FCO-4254 - Overseer [Illustration] | Artwork

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Title

Overseer

Description

Composition in black and white. Lines and contour, tangled and shaded. It depicts migrants Family in front of the foreman. To the left of center, man standing with his back, facing right, holding rod at the top, with the on the left hand and the on the right index finger at the ready; with legs apart. Has represented facial features and wear brimmed hat, long sleeve jacket, breeches and boots. Foreman ago about gatepost and barbed wire, with vegetation on the ground. He is facing the migrants group that is on the right. The group consists of three adults and two children, in perspective to the bottom and to the right. All are squalid with triangular faces, emphasizing thinness and defined facial features. From the left to the right: the first is a man with a paunch, wears collared shirt and tight pants; the second is a woman holding a naked child in her arms, wears a long dress; the third is a woman, standing with hands capping his face, like he was crying and desperate wears long dress; the latter is a boy. Basically, more to the right, houses and hills with vegetation.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

Themes

socialNortheastern migrantSubject

socialworkersforemanSubject

Human FiguregroupSubject

Human FiguremanSubject