Candido Portinari

Candido Portinari Torquato ( born December 29, 1903 in Brodowski ( State of São Paulo), † February 6, 1962 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian painter. With approximately five thousand works, from small sketches to giant murals, he is still the internationally famous painters of Brazil.

As the son of Italian immigrants on a coffee plantation in the state of São Paulo born, Portinari studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (National School of Fine Arts, ENBA ) in Rio de Janeiro. In 1928, he won a gold medal at this school as well as a trip to Paris, where he stayed until his return to Brazil in 1930 was staying. He was a member of the Brazilian Communist Party and stood for election as Senator in 1947, but had to flee because of persecution of communists to Uruguay. In 1951 he returned to Brazil, spent the last decade of his life in poor health and died in 1962 of lead poisoning due to lead content of colors used by him.

Professionally, he worked with, among others, the architect Oscar Niemeyer. The exhibited works by Portinari are found in Brazil and abroad, ranging from the family chapel in his birthplace in Brodowski to his large paintings Guerra e Paz ( War and Peace ) in the UN building in New York.

161342
de