Pablo Picasso : The Old Guitarist

In Gustave Caillebotte’s painting, he uses a wide range of colors too, but these are more vibrant. The viewer is enticed to see themselves in the in the painting as there is an empty waiting to be occupied. The method of his

While visiting the Dallas Museum of art I saw many pieces of art and many different names of the artist. Some of the artist I recognized and even more that I didn’t. One artwork that I found very extraordinary was The Guitarist by Pablo Picasso 1965. It’s a unique oil on canvas painting that has dimensions overall of 76 x 38 3/16 in. (1 m 93.04 cm x 96.98 cm). The Guitarist is located under European Art - 20th Century on the 2nd level. It is apart of “The Karl and Esther Hoblitzelle Collection and was gifted by the Hoblitzelle Foundation.” This fine art has many remarkable qualities to be discussed, more than just it being created by Picasso. Such as him almost always making artwork with an intent for the viewers to interpret the deeper meaning. He I able to do this by incorporating elements of art and principles of art in order for us to decipher the message. In this formal essay, we will discuss how he used those elements and principle in The Guitarist, along with biographical and contextual evidence for further understanding.

Then there are also many psychological lines to be seen in the work. One such line is of the woman and the floor, where she is staring down towards it. Another is from the young child and the store clerk, showing a defiance between the two. Next, light and value are not very contrasting in this painting, with only the basic highlights and the shadows seen. It isn’t completely contrasting or contradicting since the colors blend well together with close to the same value ranges, dark colors seen throughout except for the people’s pale faces. There also seems to be a variety of light sources since the woman’s face along with the shop clerk and the young boy’s is lit up by what seems to be a light bulb since they’re much brighter and highlighted and then the men and women in the back aren’t really as bright, except for the ones who close to the open door, creating a blue tinge from the outside light. The shapes shown through the painting is shown to be either very round or very geometrical. There are organic shapes in things such as the umbrella or even the back of the chair, but mostly it is either straight lines and geometrical shapes. The volume shown in the painting is very much implied, correctly showing the

Texture and pattern are very easy to identify in this painting. The street’s cobblestones show texture and pattern in the way that they are arranged. Texture is also demonstrated through the paint strokes on the buildings, the tree, and even the sky. These thick, uneven strokes add a layer of depth and texture to all elements of the painting.

The outline of the painting is contrast of dark dull depressing colors. These colors will help make the white pop out to show some symbols. The colors on the background and the people's clothing have a mixture of blue, light blue, orange, red, and brown. This helps enhances the pale skin, the background sky, and the flying soul.

context such as race and gender, and the history of the painting. In addition, I will be

We can also see the use of black shades to create a hole at the bottom part of the rock. With his excellent use of colors, we can identify the good, healthy and green grass from the bad, unhealthy, brown grasses. Looking beyond the main focus of the painting, he uses colors to separate the sky from the land in the background creating a solid form of perspective on the painting. He also uses colors to create water forms as seen behind the young character. Now, for the sky, he uses shades of white to magnificently differentiate the thick clouds from the light ones. He also uses this to create a source to light to the whole area. All these put together creates a splendid, realistic and familiar atmosphere for the viewers to relate with.

Concerning color, there is a stark contrast between the figure on the painting and the background. More specifically, the figure of the woman is predominantly delineated in white color, especially pale, ashen white, as far her apparel and facial complexion are concerned, while there are also various hues of grey, with respect to her hair and accessory feather. These white and grey shades are vividly contrasted with the prevailing red and crimson hues of the background (viz. the drape, armchair, and table). Moreover, one can detect colors of dark green (jewelry), some beige on the left (pillar), and darker or lighter shades of blue on the right side of the canvas (sky), which all in concert and in addition to the subtle purple hue forming the sun or moon exude a certain dramatic sentiment. Also, there is brown, which often easily segues into gold (viz. books and attire details respectively). The main contrast of colors between white and red would be interpreted as serving the purpose of rendering the figure of the woman, and especially her face, the focal point of the work, despite, paradoxically enough, the lush red shades at the background. Bearing that in mind, the significance of the woman’s face will be enlarged upon later, when discussing aspects of her identity.

One strong aspect of this painting is it has a strong sense of both harmony and unity. The painting achieves harmony by using similar elements throughout the work and unity by making a quality of wholeness or oneness to the painting. Even though there are many different hues in this painting none have an overpowering feeling over the work which brings wholeness to the work. The work has repetition and rhythm of colors such as blue and patterns like the swirling brush strokes which brings many elements throughout the work.

painting which also ties into the scene being set at night in the darkness. Contrast is used well to

The painting seems to depict two musicians tuning up before their performance. The focus of the composition is in the relationship of the guitar player, and the brightly colored costume of the girl seated on the ground beside him (Artable, (2015). Above the guitarist you can see a marble statue of a bearded man, to the right there are other figures in the painting who pay no attention to the main characters, but instead are in their own groups. In figure 1, you will be able to depict the nature scene in the background and the diagonal line separating the two figures crossed by the other, extending from the feet of the girl to the top of the guitar, guitar and music book overlapping the center (Artable,

Poverty is one of the worst Circumstances that can happen to a human being because it leaves them stripped of everything, including their dignity. It's even worse when they're alone because they have no one to turn to. The painting “The guitarist” by Pablo Picasso shows a man sitting by himself in a corner holding a guitar. The painting creates a mood of sympathy because the man appears to be homeless. Sympathy is created in the painting by the color composition and the position of the subject matter.

When one looks at the painting White light, an array of colors spring off the canvas and permeate one’s senses. The primary and intense color of red is softened by the primary colors of yellow and blue. While the tertiary color of green subtly takes its place among the hues to give some balance. The perceivable tones of black and white add value and seem to give some

Picasso is one of the most fascinating artists to me for one of the reasons of being able to use a combination of traditional materials, such as oil, paint, found materials, chalk, sand and much more. In this painting he chose oil to work with and he went with a flat effect with a monochromatic color scheme in order to convey a feeling and a mood. Those details create a two-dimensional figure that dissociates the guitarist from time and place within the painting. He chose to work with blue which is used to symbolize coldness, depression, darkness and the emotional and psychological feelings of humans. The only detail of The Old Guitarist that is not completely blue along with the rest of the painting is the man's guitar. The difference of color of the guitar could be seen on how Picasso viewed his own art as a happy place even in his darkest times, therefore it wasn’t blue and considered the same mood as the rest of the painting, which was dark and cold, because he had a good feeling when it came to art. The Old Guitarist is one of Picasso’s most disturbingly haunting pieces of work that he made while he was in Barcelona. What seems to be a simple painting of a man and his guitar really has a much deeper meaning and purpose. It is said that The Old Guitarist has secrets in its past and in its paint.

The shapes of the figures are sharply defined and the objects such as the table, book, and string instruments. There are diagonal rhythms throughout the painting in which it creates movement. The light source in the upper left allows the source light to have a more natural appearance throughout the painting. The shadows at the right-hand corner and the men wearing green in the middle contrast the main object with the most sources of lighting. The objects shadows and lighting create dimension and a vivid sense of more contrast. There are areas in the making with more contrast and the sharp contrast that creates movement in the painting. The shadows and the lighting throughout the painting show gradations and the highlights create more depth. Staring from the upper-left hand corner with the first figure of a gentleman wearing a hue of blue and yellow, the left side of his face and garment shows the source light in right above him. The source light above the