Picasso's Portrait of Sebastia

Picasso's Portrait of Sebastia Junyer Vidal

Abstract

This essay entails the critical evaluation of the portrait of Sebastia Junyer Vidal painted in 1903 by Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso is a well-known artist. Observing things and people around him, he would paint them to express his feelings. His artistic work is greatly impressed by his father's artistic work as we can observe by his childhood paintings, although in blue period he began to develop his own style of painting art. The blue period paintings of Pablo Picasso characterized sadness, expressions, loneliness, solitude and emotions. Sebastia Junyer Vidal was a friend of Pablo Picasso who accompanied him in Paris. His portrait was painted by Picasso during the blue period.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

The Blue Period2

Sebastia Junyer Vidal2

X-radiography of the Portrait3

Interpretation3

Conclusion3

References5

Picasso's Portrait of Sebastia Junyer Vidal

Introduction

Pablo Picasso is a well-known artist, born on October 25, 1881, in a small Spanish city, Malaga. His father Don Jose Ruiz was also an artist and his parents came from an aristocratic family. His father was a teacher in the nearby art school. Picasso would later on recall that his father was master at simple and commonplace artistic creation. His father's art would include dining room pictures, pigeons, hares, rabbits, feather and flowers. Picasso's mother was the daughter of a government official. She was optimistic and a cheerful lady. She would always extend her help and support to Picasso. She would extend her moral and financial support to her son and Picasso always respected and loved her. Picasso's childhood details are unknown to much extent but this fact is known that his artistic taste began to develop from early childhood, when he would take pencil and draw random lines and figures. His childhood paintings still exist which are mainly comprised of pigeons and hares. This shows that his paintings are somehow impressed by his father's artistic work (McNeese & Picasso, 2006).

Sebastia Junyer Vidal was a friend and fellow artist of Picasso. Picasso would observe things and humans around him and his paintings depict his deep thinking and artistic nature. Sebastia Junyer vidal accompanied him in Paris when Picasso decides to reside permanently in France. In 1903 he would make a portrait of SebastiaJunyer Vidal (McNeese & Picasso, 2006). This period of Picasso's life is known as blue period.

The Blue Period

Before visiting France, Picasso never visits any foreign country, rendering France as the first foreign country he visits. He would ...