Artwork collection post: 10

Title:The Old Guitarist

Artist: Pablo Picasso

Medium: Oil Painting

Now here is potentially my favorite artwork outside of anime and manga. It’s called The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer.  One of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20^th century, he is widely known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. It is said that in Pablo Picasso’s early life, he always had a talent for drawing. At age seven that’s when he would begin to actually take up artistic lessons. He began learning things from him such as the human figure, and plaster drawings from his art teacher, Ruiz. However at age 13, Ruiz had already acknowledged Picasso as a greater artist than himself. Picasso did not have the easiest life growing up. This was due to the loss of his 17 year old sister which completely devastated him. Despite this however Pablo stuck with his passion and continued to create many paintings that would bring him great fame, Of course one of those paintings being The Old Guitarist, which he created during his blue period.  The piece depicts an old man, playing the guitar in a lifeless like state. What I enjoy about it is the realism in the color and shading of the hands, and feet. It shows incredible attention to detail, and understanding. Also I like the feeling that the painting gives to me. To me it gives the appearance of a man who’s clearly in love with the act of playing guitar.  It shows that no matter how old you are if you are willing and able to continue your passion, your craft. You do it because; it is precious to you and means a lot to you. Pablo Picasso did a great job on this. It’s an inspiration for ALL artists. It just goes to show that the past can be a great starting point for inspiration when developing new ideas as an artist.