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Picture Is Picasso: Having established his own studio in Vallauris, Picasso began to paint tiles. The ceramic product only functioned as the background of the picture, of course, but Picasso was extremely fond of this technique because glaze, unlike oil, does not change its quality after a number of years. He often combined several tiles in a large picture, so as not to be dependent on the limited format of one tile. It was thanks to Picasso that pottery experienced a revival in this little town.Picasso, exempt from the dogma of central perspective, puts the painter more into the foreground and emphasizes him even more strongly. The real theme of the picture is Picasso himself and his self-examination. The question remains open whether the picture is mainly a quotation of Velazquez or rather of himself.
Nearly all areas have been filled with colour, and only very little shaping has taken place within these areas. And in several places the canvas has in fact been left unpainted. At the same time Picasso was experimenting with sketches to prepare his picture "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" (above). It was not only his method of painting that had changed, but also Picasso's view of himself. There were only a few months between the two self-portraits, but the one shows a youthful Picasso, the other a mature one. |
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