Oil paint on board
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/jose-cardoso-junior-859" aria-label="More by José Cardoso Junior" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">José Cardoso Junior</a>
They Amuse Themselves
Presented by Lord Bossom 1945
adults
animals: birds
bathing / swimming
beach
boat, rowing
female
leisure and pastimes
nudes
people
playing
recreational activities
sea
seagull
seascapes and coasts
society
sunset
times of the day
transport: water
woman
painting oil paint board
5 April 2018 – 22 June 2018
2018-06-22
5 April 2018 – 22 June 2018
2018-06-22
2018-04-05
Embassy of Brazil (London, UK)
2018-04-05
The Art of Diplomacy: Brazilian Modernism Painted for War
Loan-out
They Amuse Themselves
support: 540 × 689 mm
frame: 618 × 768 × 52 mm
Presented by Lord Bossom 1945
<p><b>José B. Cardoso Junior</b><span> 1861-1947 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/cardoso-they-amuse-themselves-n05580" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05580</span></a> </span><b>They amuse Themselves</b><span>
</span><i>c</i><span>.1935-40 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'J.B. Cardoso Jer | pinxit' br.</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas-grain paper, 21 1/4 x 27 1/8 (54 x 69)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by Lord Bossom 1945</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Presented by the artist to the British Government to be sold in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund; Lord Bossom, London</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>José B. Cardoso Junior</i><span>, Society of Brazilian Artists, Rio de Janeiro, 1940 (no catalogue); </span><i>Modern Brazilian Paintings</i><span>, RA, London, November-December 1944 and British Council tour of British galleries, December-September 1945 (10)</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
</span><i>Windmill</i><span>, No.3, 1946, p.62 </span>
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<p><span>Another similar <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of naked or half-naked women bathing in the sea entitled 'Hours of Idleness' is reproduced in Jorge Romero Brest, </span><i>La Pintura Brasileña Contemporanéa</i><span>
(Buenos Aires 1945), pl.20. Cardoso is said to have worked mainly from <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/photograph" title="Glossary definition for 'Photograph'"><span>photographs</span></a> and prints cut out of old magazines and scrapbooks. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.95-6, reproduced p.95</span>
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Catalogue entry
2004-09-15T00:00:00
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adults animals: birds bathing / swimming beach boat, rowing female leisure and pastimes nudes people playing recreational activities sea seagull seascapes and coasts society sunset times of the day transport: water woman