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Title
Portrait of Victorio Gregolini
Description
Composition in black and white (and yellow Aged support). Contour lines and shading. Portrait of man with the face of the front and back torso slightly to the right. The pictured has long face, short hair divided on the left, floppy ears, high forehead, almond-shaped eyes well together facing forward, delicate nose and well-designed closed lips. The chin is straight, you see part of the neck and wears dark suit, light shirt and bow tie whose on the left side is larger than the on the right. Light background with shaded area around the figure suggesting notion of space.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Historical Info
The sitter, Victorio Gregolini, was one of the artists who worked on the façade of the mother church in Brodowski, whose construction began in 1909. He was one of the first people to encourage Portinari, teaching him painting basics and guiding him in his work on the church’s altar. This was Portinari’s first exposure to the painter’s trade: "... they brought the drawing and I helped them. I filled the background with stars, but what they were most interested in was that I would get there at six in the morning and open the church door. Then, from a container that held maybe twenty liters, I poured out five liters of water and mixed it with some glue. I gathered some kindling and built a fire on four bricks where I would melt the glue. Then, on a board about 100 x 70 cm, I mixed the powdered paints with water and covered each color with a damp cloth. The scaffolding was rickety – eight or ten meters high and made out of round sticks – and I almost fell off a bunch of times..." [LV 5, p.50].
About Person
Victorio GregoliniPerson
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Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
charcoalArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
53.7
Width
38
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Candido Portinari Eng. Brodowski 6-10-918"
Annotation Author
Inscriptions, at bottom right in middle of signature, "Reconheço esta assinatura Portinari” and, at bottom left, "Victorio Gregolini Pintor”
Notes
Examining this drawing years later, the artist authenticated it, adding an inscription to the existing signature.
