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title: "Hardboard: Chico da Silva, Brazilian painter"
description: "Paintings by Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School on hardboard. Works in the João Cunha Collection, Fortaleza, each one in high resolution."
canonical: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/hardboard/
lang: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
translations:
  en: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/hardboard/
  es: https://chicodasilva.org/es/tecnicas/tablero-de-fibra/
  fr: https://chicodasilva.org/fr/techniques/panneau-de-fibres/
  pt: https://chicodasilva.org/pt/tecnicas/eucatex/
  ar: https://chicodasilva.org/ar/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AD-%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A/
  zh-Hans: https://chicodasilva.cn/%E6%8A%80%E6%B3%95/%E7%BA%A4%E7%BB%B4%E6%9D%BF/
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# Hardboard

-   [![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 horned dragon with a scaled tail, beneath a branch where two striped snakes coil. Dragon and Serpent, Chico da Silva, 1973, acrylic on paper.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-075/chico-da-silva-dragon-and-serpent-1973-acrylic-on-paper-hardboard-70x100cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-075-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Dragon and Serpent Chico da Silva, 1973](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/dragon-and-serpent-1973-075/)
-   [![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/)
-   [![Two roosters in a cockfight with sweeping multicoloured plumage on a black ground. Untitled, Chico da Silva, 1965, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-024/chico-da-silva-untitled-1965-acrylic-on-canvas-hardboard-69x99cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-024-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Untitled Chico da Silva, 1965](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/untitled-1965-024/)
-   [![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/)