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Pablo Picasso - “Esqutsse des trois Femmes”
Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman in a Chemise, , oil on canvas.
Seated Woman in a Chemise is an oil painting on canvas by Pablo Picasso. This large portrait features a seated woman at the centre of the canvas. She is presented in three-quarter length format and the upper part of her body is angled slightly away from the viewer, towards the right of the composition. Her gaze is directed outwards but not at the viewer: instead she seems to concentrate on a location to the viewer’s right. The sitter wears the white chemise indicated in the title, which falls seductively off her right shoulder. Her right arm rests on a support, which is also covered in a white fabric. Her left arm rests casually on her thigh, which is slightly raised, and her hands meet lightly in the bottom left corner of the image. The sitter’s long dark hair is pulled away from her face and flows down her back. The lower half of her face is in shadow, although a slight smile seems to animate her lips. The portrait is set against a light blue background, which darkens slightly around the subject’s head. The painting is signed ‘Picasso’ in the bottom left corner.
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/picasso-seated-woman-in-a-chemise-n04719
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Figures from art history as Tumblr buzzwords:
Gatekeep:Sir Joshua Reynolds
Founded the Royal Academy of Arts and championed Grand Manner historical painting to the exclusion of less idealized and didactic worksGaslight:Pablo Picasso
Collected and used African art in his paintings and simultaneously denied any African influence or inspiration on his workGirlboss:Berthe Morisot
Exhibited under her full maiden name instead of her married name or a pseudonym; quit showing at the prestigious Salon de Paris to exhibit with the ImpressionistsMalewife: Eugène Manet
Cared more about and put more effort into supporting his wife’s artistic career than his ownPoor Little Meow Meow:Vincent van Gogh
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“Still Life with Watermelon”, 1962, Pablo Picasso.
Pablo Picasso, October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973.
« The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. »
“If there was only one truth, a hundred canvases could not be painted on the same subject.”
- Pablo Picasso
