Candido Portinari’s former house, in Brodowski, the Casa de Portinari Museum, institution from the Secretariat of Creative Culture, Economy and Industry from the State of São Paulo, represents the strong connection between the artist and his birthplace, origins and family ties. This is the spot where he conducted his experiments on mural paintings and went deep inside the technique over the years.
Due to the many works in mural painting on the house walls and a chapel in the house garden, the preservation of the complex became essential. The first step began on December 9, 1968, when the house was put under government trust by Iphan (National Historical and Artistic Asset Institute). The following year, the property was expropriated and acquired by the Government of the State of São Paulo and, on January 22 1970, it was put under government trust by Condephaat (Council for the Defense of Historical, Archeological, Artistic and Tourism Assets of the State of São Paulo). With the efforts of the artist’s family, the city and the state, the museum was installed and inaugurated on March 14 1970. The complex is composed of a main house and annexes built successively. The typical simplicity of the countryside is the museum’s most striking characteristic.
The Casa de Portinari Museum's mission is to preserve, research and communicate, for study and entertainment, the house where Candido Portinari lived, the mural paintings and collections, as heritage objects that are testimonies of local, regional and national history, and parts of the experimentation and artistic production of a painter internationally notable for his works. The museum's mission, due to its characteristics and vocation, is to articulate itself with landmarks in the city's memory and to be a hub for promoting artistic expression.
The Casa de Portinari Museum aims to be a reference in the safeguarding and communication of historical heritage categorized as a house museum, to have consolidated connections to points of memory in the city, of importance to the region, and to be relevant in promoting artistic expression.
• Safeguarding, researching and communicating cultural heritage with responsibility and quality.
• Respect for life and people without distinction due to individual characteristics.
• Valuing cultural training for the emotional and cognitive development of people.
• Action in local and global environmental sustainability.
• Ethics, economics and transparency in the use of public and private resources.
• Integration between internal, external collaborators and the community to conduct participatory processes for the preservation and socialization of cultural heritage.
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