Candido Portinari (1903-1962)

Aliases: Cândido Portinari; Cândido Torquato Portinari

Professions: Painter; Lithographer; Illustrator

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  CÂNDIDO PORTINARI (1903-1962)

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  Candido Portinari (Brazilian 1903-1962)

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  Candido Portinari (Brazilian 1903-1962)

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  Cândido Portinari (1903-1962) , Homem com Chapeu (Man with Hat)

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Candido Portinari Biography

(b brodósqui, brazil, 30 dec 1903; d rio de janeiro, 6 feb 1962). brazilian painter. the son of italian immigrants, he recognized his vocation as a painter from an early age and in 1918 moved to rio de janeiro to enrol in the escola nacional de belas artes. from 1928 to 1931 he lived in europe, mainly in paris, on a foreign travel award from the salão nacional de belas artes (rio de janeiro). canvases painted on his return to rio de janeiro, such as coffee (1935; rio de janeiro, mus. n. b.a.; see brazil, fig. 9), which won a prize at the carnegie international in pittsburgh, pa, in 1935, revealed the influence of the mexican muralists. in 1936 portinari began to work on a series of commissioned murals on historical and social themes, central works of brazilian modernism, notably for the ministério da educação e saúde in rio de janeiro (1936–44), the brazilian pavilion (1939) at the new york world fair, the library of congress (1942) in washington, dc, the church (1944–6) in pampulha, near belo horizonte (see niemeyer, oscar, fig. 1), cataguases school (tiradentes panel, 1949; now são paulo, pal. bandeirantes) and the headquarters (1953–7) of the united nations in new york.

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