War and Peace murals for the United Nations

E576906

War and Peace murals for the United Nations are a monumental pair of paintings by Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari, created in the 1950s to symbolize humanity’s struggle between conflict and harmony and installed at the UN Headquarters in New York.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monumental painting ⓘ
mural cycle ⓘ
artisticTechnique mural painting ⓘ
commissionedBy United Nations ⓘ
commissionedFor United Nations General Assembly building ⓘ
commissionedPeriod early 1950s ⓘ
completionPeriod mid-1950s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Brazil ⓘ
creator Cândido Portinari ⓘ
culturalSignificance iconic Brazilian contribution to international art ⓘ
symbol of post–World War II peace aspirations ⓘ
depicts children ⓘ
civilian suffering in war ⓘ
contrast between violence and harmony ⓘ
cooperation among peoples ⓘ
destruction caused by conflict ⓘ
doves as symbols of peace ⓘ
farmers ⓘ
hope for a better future ⓘ
human solidarity ⓘ
reconstruction and harmony ⓘ
refugees ⓘ
suffering of the poor in war ⓘ
workers ⓘ
genre political art ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
hasPart Peace (mural) ⓘ
War (mural) ⓘ
linked to: War (triptych)
hasTitleInEnglish War and Peace ⓘ
hasTitleInPortuguese Guerra e Paz ⓘ
linked to: War and Peace
inception 1950s ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
locationOfView General Assembly area of the United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
mainSubject humanity’s struggle between conflict and harmony ⓘ
peace ⓘ
war ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Modernism ⓘ
notableWorkOf Cândido Portinari ⓘ
partOf art collection of the United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
purpose promote peace and international understanding ⓘ
significantEvent Cold War context ⓘ
significantFigure Cândido Portinari ⓘ
use symbolize ideals of the United Nations ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cândido Portinari → commissionedWork → War and Peace murals for the United Nations ⓘ
War and Peace (murals) → subjectOf → War and Peace Project (restoration and exhibition initiative) ⓘ
subject linked to: War and Peace
linked to: War and Peace murals for the United Nations