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title: "Paper: Chico da Silva, Brazilian painter"
description: "Paintings by Chico da Silva and the Pirambu School on paper. Works in the João Cunha Collection, Fortaleza, each one in high resolution."
canonical: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/paper/
lang: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
translations:
  en: https://chicodasilva.org/en/mediums/paper/
  es: https://chicodasilva.org/es/tecnicas/papel/
  fr: https://chicodasilva.org/fr/techniques/papier/
  pt: https://chicodasilva.org/pt/tecnicas/papel/
  ar: https://chicodasilva.org/ar/%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82/
  zh-Hans: https://chicodasilva.cn/%E6%8A%80%E6%B3%95/%E7%BA%B8%E6%9C%AC/
---

# Paper

-   [![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/)
-   [![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 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/)