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Candido Portinari
Portrait of Ináh Prudente de Moraes, from the Portraits Series, 1936
Author:
Candido PortinariBio:
Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil, 1903-Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ,1962Title:
Portrait of Ináh Prudente de Moraes, from the Portraits SeriesDate:
1936Medium:
Óleo sobre telaDimensions:
73,5 x 60 x 1,5 cmCredit line:
Doação Maria Sampaio Prudente de Moraes, 1996Object type:
PinturaInventory number:
MASP.01295Photography credits:
João Musa
As early as in 1932 the most well-bred critic in Brazil in the 1930s, Paulo Rossi Osir, pointed out portraiture as Portinari’s best talent. His opinion was propped on the masterpiece Portrait of Maria (1932, Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro), that had secured for the artist a place in the crossroads articulated in the 1920s when, after Modigliani’s death, his heritage was reviewed by the great Italian masters of the Valori Plastici. In the meantime, in Germany, a number of artists were overcoming Expressionism and turning to a movement called New Objectivity (Neue Sachlichkeit).
— Unknown authorship, 1998
The subject of the canvas Portrait of Ináh Prudente de Moraes was the granddaughter of Prudente de Moraes (1841-1902), third president of Brazil. This is one of the best portraits the artist painted in the 1930s in terms of expert compositional arrangement, atmosphere, and subtle color effects.
— Unknown authorship, 1998
