Painter and his model 1927

Picasso made this painting, "Painter and his model," with oil on canvas, and what strikes me is how he got to this image, this scene! The grey, yellow, and white planes create an interior space for what we assume are the painter and the model. It feels like we’re looking into Picasso’s studio. I love the bulbous shapes and the spindly lines that delineate the figures. It's like the model is calling out to the painter to paint faster, to catch her pose! I imagine Picasso looking back at centuries of paintings, thinking about what a painting could be. I bet he wondered how he could play with form and line to capture something about the act of seeing and making. With each brushstroke, he’s pushing and pulling, responding to what's already there, making something new!