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Portinari

American  
[pawr-tee-nah-ree] / pɔr tiˈnɑ ri /

noun

  1. Cândido 1903–62, Brazilian painter.


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Ironically, the latest heist might serve Portinari well—in terms of international exposure.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Portinari, who often painted rural workers and labourers, is one of the most significant Brazilian Modernist artists.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

The oil-on-canvas portrait is by Candido Portinari, and is the only portrait for which the wife of Argentine ruler Juan Peron is known to have sat.

From Reuters Jul. 25, 2022

They join Beatrice Portinari and Francesca da Rimini, the only two historical women from the "Divine Comedy" who had acceptable entries on Wikipedia prior to our work.

From Salon Sep. 25, 2021

This was nothing else than meeting a little girl named Beatrice Portinari.

From A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. by Edwards, Clayton

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