Kyle Vodatinsky 

Girl Before A Mirror, 1932

Painter: Pablo Picasso             Pablo Picasso is known and well recognized with his artwork. He was born in the year of 1881 in Malaga,Spain and later passed away in the year of 1973. He had numerous talents and was sought out to be an astonishing artist. Picasso’s devotion and artistic skills came about in his early adulthood for his accomplishments during his time in France. Picasso did a nice job relating the painting to beauty and of life.It provides greatness. His painting illustrates and influences what modern day art looks like. Pablo Picasso portrays modernism through his work under cubism and surrealism.The bright colors and extravagant designs definitely differ from realistic and postmodernism art. He reflects this to modernism through many different symbols and different reactions.    

This work lured me in due to its stunning display of emotion, hardwork and can be interesting because it includes his creative talent. The portrait shares a deeper meaning that is so riveting that it still makes a huge impact on people viewing this in today’s world. It is crazy to me how people can view this image in multiple ways. When I view this, the woman in this painting looks at herself in this mirror, she sees a darker and sinister version of herself. The observed world faced a relationship to this particular artwork. One way of interpreting this artwork is a womans imagined insecurity that others wouldn’t see. Another way of interpreting is the aging of a woman and how time passes by. Both sides in the image combine the same woman as she ages. In addition this portrait is describing his ability to paint his mistress, muse as she is looking in front of the mirror and sees a reflection of herself. The reflection seems to be distorted. Almost as if the woman sees herself as a monster. The rough texture of charcoal represents a sense of grittiness. By Looking at this, we can see her profile. Marie-Therese Walter was not only a french model but was the lover of Pablo Picasso.  

Girl Before A Mirror was painted in the year of 1932 and foreshadowed by cubism, many different artistic styles, and aesthetic responses. Beginning of the twentieth century, modernism was referred to as many literary and artistic trends. Modernism demonstrates abstractness. Girl Before A Mirror was painted through a mixture of many colors through the visual language and it ranged from pink, yellow, red, green, orange, purple and blue. He chose these bright colors to form a design that represents how people perceive her than how she perceives herself. Although this artwork is extremely busy and intricate, Picasso manages to depict depth and symmetry perfectly.  

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