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This picture in which Picasso portrays himself in a wig and a large tie in the fashion of the seventeenth century was painted in Barcelona and dates back to the period immediately following his experience in Madrid, c. 1898–1900.
Title: Self-Portrait with Wig. Artist: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, Malaga 1881–1973 Mougins, France) Date: ca. 1898–1900. Geography: Country of Origin Spain. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 21 15/16 × 18 1/16 in. (55.8 × 45.8 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Museu Picasso, Barcelona, MPB 110.053
When he was in his mid-50s, Picasso created a self-portrait that reflected his world-famous aesthetic. Created with charcoal on paper, this drawing shows him at his studio with a palette and brush in hand. His face is heavily abstracted, with his almond eyes nearly overlapping one another.
At the same time, he displayed an irreverent playfulness in works such as the Self-Portrait in a Wig, in which the artist masquerades as an eighteenth-century Spanish noble.
Six early portraits from 1895 to 1900/1 by Pablo Picasso were comprehensively examined using complementary non-destructive techniques provided by the MOLAB Transnational Access Service as part of...
9 sty 2013 · The historical costume and the animalised double hybrid, two important categories in Picasso's self-representations, were often caricatured, as in Self-Portrait with Wig or ’Picasso par lui-même’, in which he portrays himself as an ape.
12 wrz 2022 · The beloved Cubist Pablo Picasso created thousands of paintings, but did you know that he painted over 10 self-portraits from the young age of 15 up until just before his death? In this article, we will discuss 10 examples from the Picasso self-portrait evolution.
