War and Peace

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mural cycle painting

"War and Peace" is a monumental pair of murals by Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari, created for the United Nations headquarters and celebrated as one of his most important works.

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Label Occurrences
war and peace 4
War and Peace canonical 3
War & Peace 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mural cycle ⓘ
painting ⓘ
associatedWith Brazil–United Nations relations NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette predominantly earth tones ⓘ
commissionedBy Brazilian government NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedFor United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
completionDate 1956 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
creator Cândido Portinari NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus iconic work of Brazilian cultural heritage ⓘ
depicts children ⓘ
civilians affected by war ⓘ
hope ⓘ
human suffering ⓘ
peace ⓘ
religious symbolism ⓘ
war ⓘ
workers ⓘ
exhibitedIn Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
France NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters after restoration ⓘ
genre social realism ⓘ
hasCreatorNationality Brazilian ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn Brazilian muralism ⓘ
hasPart Peace (mural) NERFINISHED ⓘ
War (mural) NERFINISHED ⓘ
height approximately 14 meters ⓘ
inception 1950s ⓘ
languageOfTitle Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
numberOfPanels 2 ⓘ
originalTitle Guerra e Paz NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose gift from Brazil to the United Nations ⓘ
significance major work of Brazilian modern art ⓘ
one of Cândido Portinari's most important works ⓘ
subjectOf War and Peace Project (restoration and exhibition initiative) NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportMaterial canvas ⓘ
technique large-scale mural painting ⓘ
theme aspiration for peace among nations ⓘ
condemnation of war ⓘ
unveiledAt United Nations General Assembly Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
width approximately 10 meters ⓘ

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Cândido Portinari → notableWork → War and Peace ⓘ
Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library → hasTheme → War and Peace ⓘ
this entity surface form: war and peace
Martin Phipps → composedFor → War and Peace ⓘ
this entity surface form: War & Peace
Locksley Hall → subjectMatter → War and Peace ⓘ
this entity surface form: war and peace
Soviet film industry → notableFilm → War and Peace ⓘ
The Oracle → hasPart → War and Peace ⓘ
Greatest Hits → lyricalFocus → War and Peace ⓘ
this entity surface form: war and peace
The Lathe of Heaven → hasSubject → War and Peace ⓘ
this entity surface form: war and peace