Monday, May 19, 2014

Pablo Picasso - The Kiss

Artist: Pablo Picasso, October 1881 - April 1973
Title: The Kiss
Dimensions: 97.2 x 130.2 cm
Medium: Oil on canvas
Date: 1969
References: miamirail.org, wikipedia.org



Pablo Picasso was a genius in cubism artwork and was highly influence by his fascination with eroticism. His pieces contained many exaggerations and abstract images. The portrait The Kiss was one of the many paintings that he completed depicting his second wife Jacqueline Roque, which became his biggest inspiration in his later life. He had never painted so many pieces of any other previous female muse. A unique trait that this piece includes is the showing of the tongue, which was not considered appropriate for such paintings. All of the features of both himself and Jacqueline are exaggerated, which is a staple in Picasso’s work. I chose this piece because of its depiction of his devotion to the apparent love of Picassos’ life.

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