Candido Portinari
1903
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1962
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: modern art
country of citizenship: Brazil
native language: Portuguese
languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese
educated at: Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
occupation: painter, politician, drawer
award received: Ordem do Mérito Cultural
Candido Portinari (December 29, 1903 – February 6, 1962) was a Brazilian painter. He is considered one of the most important Brazilian painters as well as a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting. Portinari painted more than five thousand canvases, from small sketches to monumental works such as the Guerra e Paz panels, which were donated to the United Nations Headquarters in 1956. Portinari developed a social preoccupation throughout his oeuvre and maintained an active life in the Brazilian cultural and political worlds. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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