Modern Art – Expressionism in Brazil – Portinari o Pintor e o Poeta, by Rosângela Vig

Fig. 1 – Discovery of Earth, 1941, Tempera with Glued Support on black paper, 28,6 x 29 cm. Rights João Candido Portinari. Photo: Candido Portinari, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

made a stop, one stop for the train to carry coffee, Before, difficult roads, only ox carts transited, taking days and days. After, a house here, another there. (PORTINARI, 2018, p.19) Portinari's Poetry is confused with his Painting and it may be that this excerpt from his poem brings to mind the universe of … Read more

War and peace, of Candido Portinari, back in New York

. War and peace panels represent arguably the best work I've ever done… I dedicate them to humanity. Portinari, Reuters, 1957. . . War and peace, of Candido Portinari, Back in New York after four years under the custody of the Portinari project, the painter's masterpiece will be inaugurated at UN Headquarters, in ceremony-show on … Read more