picasso

WOMAN IN AN ARMCHAIR

Abstract. The definition of the word is; “a stylization, rearrangement, simplification of form for the purpose of artistic expression. Abstract images are most often derivative of forms actually seen or experienced.” For an example, take the human face. It is a form that is commonly known and so recognizable, that if it is taken and then rearranged it is in most instances still recognizable. This is one of the methods or styles that the artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) used quite frequently.
The piece of his that I chose to analyze was, Woman In An Armchair, created in 1946. The media that was used was oil and gouache on canvas. After observing it for some time, I found it to be an interesting but perplexing image. Picasso’s work was very complex and intense, to say the least. It seems as if there was so much involved in everything he did, that I probably haven’t even come close to touching half of what was really there, yet hopefully I’ve ma...