Candido Portinari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian painter
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Place of Birth: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
About 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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