Buveur d absinthe picasso biography
Picasso art before cubism
Picasso had many predecessors and a special attention should be drawn to the influence of Toulouse-Lautrec. Many paintings were devoted to the theme of absinthe, the drink that became a kind of fetish in Paris at the turn of the century.The absinthe drinker meaning The Buveuse d’absinthe in the Im Obersteg Collection from the autumn of characterizes the beginning of the Blue Period that lasted till and was succeeded by the Pink Period. In his painting Picasso goes back to Paul Gauguin’s flat planes with black contours.
Absinthe drinker painting Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto is a study of a young Spanish artist sitting in a bar, shrouded in tobacco smoke from a pipe, with a glass of absinthe in front of him. The young man, Fernández de Soto, was Picasso's friend and was usually referred to as an "amusing wastrel", as he enjoyed drinking and partying. [ 2 ].
Femme au café absinthe drinker THE ABSINTHE DRINKER Le Buveur d'Absinthe Oil on cardboard. New York, Melville Hall Collection "Blue" Absinth. More from