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Candido Portinari

1903 - 1962

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Candido Portinari has received more than 155,722 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Candido Portinari is the 903rd most popular painter (down from 901st in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 184th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Candido Portinari ranks 903 out of 2,023. Before him are Justus Sustermans, Johann Liss, Eugène Boch, Lucia Anguissola, Paul Bril, and Pieter de Molijn. After him are Alonso Berruguete, Hans von Kulmbach, Gaspard Dughet, Adolphe Monticelli, Anton Graff, and Louise Catherine Breslau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Candido Portinari ranks 122. Before him are Luigi Allemandi, Hans Litten, Vladimir Jankélévitch, Ma Bufang, Flaminio Bertoni, and Steven Runciman. After him are Cigerxwîn, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Amy Johnson, K. Kamaraj, Boris Blacher, and Florence Owens Thompson. Among people deceased in 1962, Candido Portinari ranks 79. Before him are Trygve Gulbranssen, Milan Vidmar, Erik Scavenius, Mouloud Feraoun, Juan Belmonte, and Richard Aldington. After him are Charles Galton Darwin, Erich von Tschermak, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Diego Martínez Barrio, Ahmad bin Yahya, and Max Fabiani.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Candido Portinari ranks 199 out of 2,236. Before him are Mário Jardel (1973), Djalminha (1970), Glauber Rocha (1939), Jorge Paulo Lemann (1939), Hermeto Pascoal (1936), and Wilson da Silva Piazza (1943). After him are Raoni Metuktire (1940), Luís of Orléans-Braganza (1878), David Luiz (1987), Anfilogino Guarisi (1905), Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685), and Pedro Américo (1843).

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Among PAINTERS In Brazil

Among painters born in Brazil, Candido Portinari ranks 2. Before him are Tarsila do Amaral (1886). After him are Pedro Américo (1843), José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (1850), Lygia Clark (1920), Anita Malfatti (1889), Victor Meirelles (1832), Carlos Latuff (1968), Georgina de Albuquerque (1885), and Antônio Parreiras (1860).

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