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title: "Mediums: Chico da Silva, Brazilian painter"
description: "Gouache, acrylic, paper, canvas and hardboard: the paintings of Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School sorted by medium and support."
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# Mediums

Gouache and acrylic, on paper, canvas or hardboard. Chico learned gouache from Chabloz in the 1940s; acrylic and canvas came later. Here his works and those of the Pirambu School are grouped by medium and by support, and each painting appears in both groups.

[All paintings →](https://chicodasilva.org/en/paintings/)

-   [![Two roosters facing each other, with spiky crests and sweeping feathers on a black ground. Cockfight, Chico da Silva, 1983, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-030/chico-da-silva-cockfight-1983-acrylic-on-canvas-50x70cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-030-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Acrylic 64](https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/acrylic/)
-   [![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)Gouache 14](https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/gouache/)
-   [![A large fantastic insect attacking a smaller insect on a blue ground. Fantastic Animals, Chico da Silva, 1978, acrylic on canvas.](https://img.chicodasilva.org/jcc-028/chico-da-silva-fantastic-animals-1978-acrylic-on-canvas-42x60cm-joao-cunha-collection-jcc-028-chicodasilva.org-640.jpg)Canvas 70](https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/canvas/)
-   [![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)Paper 8](https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/paper/)
-   [![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)Hardboard 5](https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/hardboard/)