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Family background; his birth in Porto Alegre; learns how to play the piano with his mother from 6 to 12 years old; leaves school to attend the Instituto de Belas Artes, in Porto Alegre; graduates at 18, with a Gold Medal; plays the piano at the Cinema Colombo; Sotero Cosme; Luís Cosme; Getúlio Vargas' promise; Portinari, at the Louvre, traces a parallel comparing music to painting; the difficulty Portinari had in accepting criticism; Camargo Guarnieri; Brutus Pedreira; Sílvia Autuori; "Portrait of Antônio Portinari"; Olga Portinari; Portinari paints the "Portrait of Radamés Gnatalli" in 10 minutes; Augusto Meyer; the gatherings at Candinho's house; the considerable hardship that all the artists faced in the '30s; Aldary Toledo; Rubem Cassa; Antonio Bento; Portinari is to painting what Debussy is to music; Gnatalli dedicates a waltz to Portinari; Portinari's disinterest in music; Pixinguinha; Jacob do Bandolim; Ernesto Nazaré; the ‘30 Revolution; Villa-Lobos.