Candido Portinari

Candido Portinari, Brazilian painter (died 1962)

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Born: December 29, 1903
Died: February 6, 1962
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Birth year: 1903

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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The world when Candido Portinari was born

Candido Portinari was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

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Measure	1903	2026
Population	80.4M	341 million

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