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Portrait of Aloysio Graça Aranha
Candido Portinari1932
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in shades of white, rose, earthy, black and red. Smooth texture. Composition representing boy bust portrait against white background. He faces, with slightly turned to the left face, face with fine features, almond-shaped black eyes, small nose, red mouth, outlined sobracelhas, brown hair with bangs and straight cut at the height of the ears. Arms down and bare chest. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Aloysio Graça Aranha
- Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
- Creator Nationality: Brazilian
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
- Date: 1932
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w38 x h46cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:boy
- Technique: oil
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "C. PORTINARI 932"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5657
- Notes: For this portrait, whose background has the appearance of porcelain, Portinari primed the canvas using a technique he learned from his friend, Japanese painter Foujita.
- Inscription: On reverse, stamp "8 R”.
- Function: In 1932, Portinari used as his atelier the basement in the home of Heloisa Graça Aranha Rosa e Silva, the sitters mother. Portinari did the portrait of the boy, Aloysio, to express his gratitude
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-303
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