By the 1940s, he assisted Candido Portinari with the "São Francisco de Assis" painting at the Pampulha Church, in Belo Horizonte.
Born to Giovan Battista Portinari and Domenica Torquato, Italian immigrants from Veneto, in a coffee plantation near Brodowski, in São Paulo, Portinari studied at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (ENBA) in Rio de Janeiro.
Beatrice Portinari | Candido | Chris Candido | Candido Portinari | Dr. Cándido Pérez | Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão | Francisco Candido 'Chico' Xavier | Candy Candido | Cândido Godói |
The mansion was turned into a museum (Museu da Chácara do Céu) and its exhibits include works by Matisse, Jean Metzinger, Eliseu Visconti, Di Cavalcanti, and Candido Portinari.