--- title: "Gouache: Chico da Silva, Brazilian painter" description: "Paintings by Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School in gouache. Works in the João Cunha Collection, Fortaleza, each one in high resolution." canonical: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/gouache/ lang: en license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ translations: en: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/gouache/ es: https://chicodasilva.org/es/tecnicas/gouache/ fr: https://chicodasilva.org/fr/techniques/gouache/ pt: https://chicodasilva.org/pt/tecnicas/guache/ ar: https://chicodasilva.org/ar/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B4/ zh-Hans: https://chicodasilva.cn/%E6%8A%80%E6%B3%95/%E6%B0%B4%E7%B2%89/ --- # Gouache - [![Two elaborately plumed roosters confronting each other against a golden background. Cockfight, Chico da Silva, 1969, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-031/chico-da-silva-cockfight-1969-gouache-on-paper-hardboard-53x67cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-031-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Cockfight Chico da Silva, 1969](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/cockfight-1969-031/) - [![A large fish with a fan tail facing left, flanked by two smaller fish on a hatched ochre ground. Fish, Chico da Silva, c. 1966, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-088/chico-da-silva-fish-undated-gouache-on-paper-54x74cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-088-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Fish Chico da Silva, c. 1966](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/fish-088/) - [![A peacock-tailed bird on a dark mound, with a second blue head, a butterfly and a cut branch. Peacock and Fantastic Bird, Chico da Silva, c. 1969, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-086/chico-da-silva-peacock-and-fantastic-bird-undated-gouache-on-paper-50x72cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-086-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Peacock and Fantastic Bird Chico da Silva, c. 1969](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/peacock-and-fantastic-bird-086/) - [![A long-billed bird stooping toward a bristled insect, with a smaller bird in flight above. Two Birds and an Insect, Chico da Silva, c. 1969, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-087/chico-da-silva-two-birds-and-an-insect-undated-gouache-on-paper-50x72cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-087-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Two Birds and an Insect Chico da Silva, c. 1969](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/two-birds-and-an-insect-087/) - [![A tall fantastical bird with a spoked, wheel-shaped wing, a small chick, and a striped butterfly above. Fantastic Birds and Butterfly, Chico da Silva, c. 1967, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-073/chico-da-silva-fantastic-birds-and-butterfly-undated-gouache-on-paper-55x76cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-073-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Fantastic Birds and Butterfly Chico da Silva, c. 1967](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/fantastic-birds-and-butterfly-073/) - [![A huge bird with a hooked, beaded neck and coiled body, perched above four small crested birds. Fantastic Bird and Fledglings, Chico da Silva, c. 1969, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-085/chico-da-silva-fantastic-bird-and-fledglings-undated-gouache-on-paper-43x59cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-085-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Fantastic Bird and Fledglings Chico da Silva, c. 1969](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/fantastic-bird-and-fledglings-085/) - [![Two ornately patterned roosters facing off over a leafy branch, bordered by a wavy marbled band. Cockfight, Chico da Silva, 1972, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-074/chico-da-silva-cockfight-1972-gouache-on-canvas-60x100cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-074-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Cockfight Chico da Silva, 1972](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/cockfight-1972-074/) - [![A tall peacock with a fanned tail of colourful eye-spots on a black ground. Peacock, Chico da Silva, 1970, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-014/chico-da-silva-peacock-1970-gouache-on-canvas-hardboard-64x44cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-014-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Peacock Chico da Silva, 1970](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/peacock-1970-014/) - [![A colorful patterned dragon-like creature flanked by two birds on a warm peach ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, c. 1966, gouache on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-029/chico-da-silva-untitled-undated-gouache-on-paper-64x90cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-029-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Untitled Chico da Silva, c. 1966](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/untitled-029/) - [![A tall long-necked spotted bird seizing a fish in its claws against a flecked yellow ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, 1969, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-026/chico-da-silva-untitled-1969-gouache-on-canvas-35x24cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-026-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Untitled Chico da Silva, 1969](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/untitled-1969-026/) - [![A single ornate rooster with striped crest and long sweeping tail on a cream ground. Royal Rooster, Chico da Silva, 1972, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-002/chico-da-silva-royal-rooster-1972-gouache-on-canvas-65x45cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-002-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Royal Rooster Chico da Silva, 1972](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/royal-rooster-1972-002/) - [![Two fantastical roosters facing each other against a black ground streaked with radiating colored lines. Roosters, Chico da Silva, 1974, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-009/chico-da-silva-roosters-1974-gouache-on-canvas-50x70cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-009-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Roosters Chico da Silva, 1974](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/roosters-1974-009/) - [![An ornate fantastic rooster with curving neck and sweeping multicolored plumage on black. Untitled, Chico da Silva, 1975, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-027/chico-da-silva-untitled-1975-gouache-on-canvas-hardboard-90x65cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-027-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Untitled Chico da Silva, 1975](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/untitled-1975-027/) - [![A large fantastic fish in profile, its dark body stippled with spirals and marked by three eye-like discs. Fantastic Fish, Maria Augusta, 1973, gouache on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-084/maria-augusta-fantastic-fish-1973-gouache-on-canvas-40x60cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-084-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Fantastic Fish Maria Augusta, 1973](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/fantastic-fish-1973-084/)