1850
oil
canvas
From the collection of Pinacoteca de São Paulo
Dominant colour
The sculptor (Resurrection) is a 1850 oil by José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, held at Pinacoteca de São Paulo.
This painting shows a somber scene with a corpse lying on a table. The body is covered in a white sheet, and a man in a dark suit stands beside it, looking down. Another man, dressed in white, is positioned on the other side of the table, his gaze also fixed on the corpse. The setting is dimly lit, with only a few sources of light illuminating the space. The overall mood is one of solemnity and reverence. If you're interested in exploring more works that use chiaroscuro to create dramatic lighting effects, you might want to look into the technique of chiaroscuro.
José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior (8 May 1850 – 13 November 1899) was a Brazilian artist and designer; one of the first there to paint in the Realistic tradition of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet.
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