Projeto Portinari

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Studies for the mural - Discovery of Gold.

"...of all the figures in Mining of Gold, the miner in the right foreground, with his checkered shirt and dramatic facial expression, helps to reinforce and complete the Library of Congress murals. Throughout Entry into the Forest, Teaching of the Indians and Mining of Gold, there is a corresponding visual interplay between the checkered shirts of this miner, the bandeirante and one of the native women. Furthermore, the miner's expression of uncertainty echoes the priest's worried expression in Education of the Indians, and draws attention back to the strangely defiant and cocked stare of the bandeirante in Entry into the Forest. Through this connection, there is a reinforcement, in terms of the mural's heroic and grand scale, of the honesty and inherent strength of these Pan-American workers. Furthermore, there is a combined contemporary expression of a greater solidarity and universality, perhaps in face of the volatile political situations of twentieth century Europe..." (*)

() Daly, Karen D. Candido Portinari: Brazilian artist as cultural Ambassador*: a re-examination of the Library of Congress murals. Richmond, VA, 1995. 145p. (thesis)

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