Cândido Portinari

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Cândido Portinari was a prominent Brazilian painter known for his socially engaged murals and key role in modernist art in Brazil.

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instanceOf Brazilian painter
modernist artist
person
artisticTheme Brazilian history
childhood
peasants and workers
social inequality
causeOfDeath lead poisoning
child Cândido Portinari self-linksurface differs
surface form: João Candido Portinari
commissionedWork War and Peace murals for the United Nations
countryOfCitizenship Brazil
createdFor United Nations Headquarters
dateOfBirth 1903-12-29
dateOfDeath 1962-02-06
education Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
ethnicOrigin Italian descent
fieldOfWork muralism
painting
fullName Cândido Portinari self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cândido Torquato Portinari
honoredIn Museu Casa de Portinari in Brodowski
influenced Brazilian modern art
later generations of Brazilian painters
influencedBy Diego Rivera
Modernism
surface form: European modernism

Pablo Picasso
Renaissance art theory
surface form: Renaissance art
knownFor depictions of Brazilian rural life
large-scale murals
socially engaged art
language Portuguese
movement Modernism
nationality Brazilian
notableWork Café
Criança Morta
War and Peace
surface form: Guerra e Paz

Mestizo
surface form: Mestiço

O Lavrador de Café
Retirantes
The Discovery of Brazil
War and Peace
placeOfBirth Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
placeOfDeath Rio de Janeiro
surface form: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
politicalAlignment left-wing
ranForOffice Brazilian Communist Party candidate
federal deputy in Brazil
senator in Brazil
recognizedAs one of Brazil's most important painters
signatureStyle combination of modernist forms and Brazilian popular imagery
spouse Maria Victoria Martinelli Portinari
studiedIn Paris
surface form: Paris, France

Rio de Janeiro
surface form: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Escola Nacional de Belas Artes hasNotableAlumni Cândido Portinari
this entity surface form: Cândido Portinari (painter)
Cândido Portinari fullName Cândido Portinari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cândido Torquato Portinari
Cândido Portinari child Cândido Portinari self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: João Candido Portinari
Church of Saint Francis of Assisi artist Cândido Portinari
subject surface form: Church of Saint Francis of Assisi (Pampulha)