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Portrait of Ambroise Vollard
The portrait of Ambroise Vollard, a French art dealer and collector, painted by Picasso in 1910 is an example of analytic cubism. The painting depicts the face and figure of a man composed of geometric shapes and prismatic forms, broken into planes with limited color palette. It is an intense and innovative interpretation of a portrait, reflecting the significant role Vollard played in Picasso's career.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Pablo Picasso
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Date of birth and death
25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973
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Natinality
Spanish
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Style
Blue and Rose Periods, Cubism, Surrealism, Neoclassicism, Modernism
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Significant works
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Guernica, The Old Guitarist, Three Musicians, Girl before a Mirror
Information about the work
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Year:
1910
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
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Theme:
portrait, cubism, art collector, geometric forms
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting is a symbol of a modern approach to portraiture, showing not only the physical image but also the multidimensional personality and complexity of the subject. The use of analytic cubism emphasizes the breaking of traditional perspective and simultaneously reveals different aspects of the figure at once.
The key to interpreting the work
To understand the artwork, it is worth considering its context in the cubism era and the relationship of the artist with the model, who was his patron. Analysis of geometric forms and the limited color palette allows appreciation of Picasso's depth of interpretation.See other works by this artist
