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Candido Portinari

Brazilian artist

Died when: 58 years 39 days (697 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Candido Portinari

Candido Portinari (December 29, 1903 – February 6, 1962) was a Brazilian painter.He is considered one of the most important Brazilian painters as well as a prominent and influential practitioner of the neo-realism style in painting.

Portinari painted more than five thousand canvases, from small sketches to monumental works such as the Guerra e Paz panels, which were donated to the United Nations Headquarters in 1956.

Portinari developed a social preoccupation throughout his oeuvre and maintained an active life in the Brazilian cultural and political worlds.


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