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Title
The Migrants
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, blue, green, white, yellow and black. Smooth, seeing if the horizontal grain of the wood holder. It depicts migrants group amid the arid lanscape in the center of the composition. The figures have suggested facial features and are facing. From the left to the right, old man with green skin, holding stick in his on the right hand and head turned slightly to the right. He has a beard and wears blouse earthy tones and clear tattered pants. On the floor to the left of his on the right foot, cattle skull suggestion. Slightly ahead of the old woman with backpack on his head, holding in his on the left hand and child wrapped in swaddling clothes, the on the right arm. She has long black hair and pale skin excessively, increasing the feeling of thinness. Wear clothes suggested by geometrical areas in shades superimposed ashes involving her body, leaving her legs and bare feet in apparent greenish hues. To the left of woman, man with wings and backpack hat in his on the left shoulder. It wears clear shirt and blue pants, represented by overlapping geometrical areas, it has the half-open legs and bare feet greenish. Beside her, boy represented by mass tone dark earthy, with lighter area marking prominent belly. He is with the head turned to the right and appears to be naked. On the right side of the composition on dry ground, other parts of skeletons of animals. Floor range in shades earthy, encountering with blue sky on the horizon. Sky occupying 3/4 of the fund and large sun in yellow and orange in the upper on the right area of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event16
Related Document21
Artwork Function
IllustrationArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Illustration no. 7 for the book A selva, by Ferreira de Castro
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
794
Previous Collection
Height
23
Width
14.5
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 55"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "Nº 48 ‘A Selva’ Exposição do Pavilhão de Arte Contemporânea de Milão – Itália 21 de março a 21 de abril de 1963. Col. João Candido Portinari”; stamp "Ministério da Educação e Cultura Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Autorizo o embarque”; inscription illegible, concealed by frame.
