Monthly Archives: August 2015

Oscar de la Picasso

Oscar de la Renta’s 2012 collection, chock full of Picasso, Cubism, and Modernism references. Fun to see the clothing side-by-side to pieces of modern art, you can see the inspirations in color, lines, and shapes.

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Blue Seated Nude by Pablo Matisse

Blue Seated Nude, 2015 Pablo Matisse Acrylic on canvas original (after H. Matisse and P. Picasso) 18 X 24” $575. This painting pays homage to The Blue Nude by Henri Matisse and Picasso’s portrait of Marie-Therese. By putting these established … Continue reading

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The Making of Blue Seated Woman by Pablo Matisse

                                      Henri Matisse worked with an enormous pair of scissors to cut out the shapes for his Jazz series. For me the … Continue reading

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Blue Nude

Blue nude, 1952 Henri Matisse Gouache and cut paper collage Matisse pieced together this iconic figure from disjointed pieces of blue painted paper. The paper cutouts, allowed the artist “to draw in paper,” or “paint with scissors.” as he described … Continue reading

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Seated Woman (Marie-Therese)

Seated woman (Marie-Therese), 1937 Pablo Picasso Oil on canvas Picasso painted this the same year as Guernica. It was a prolific year for him, to say the least. The influence of his young muse had reinvigorated him. Marie-Therese was 17. … Continue reading

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