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Candido Portinari (1903-1962)
Born on a a coffee plantation near Brodowski, in São Paulo of Italian parents, Portinari studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (ENBA) in Rio de Janeiro. In 1928 he won a gold medal at the ENBA and a trip to Paris where he stayed until 1930, when he returned to Brazil.
Painting in the Neo-Realist style, Portinari's works include images of childhood, paintings depicting rural and urban labor, refugees fleeing the hardships of Brazil's rura (showing 500 of 1198 characters). |
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