Girl with mandolin (Fanny Tellier) 1910

Here we have Pablo Picasso’s ‘Girl with Mandolin’, made with oil on canvas, and it's like he’s building an image, piece by piece. The colors are muted – earth tones that feel both modern and ancient, somehow. Look at how the light seems to catch on the facets of her body and the instrument; it's all about creating form through tone. There's this tension between flatness and depth, the way the planes overlap and intersect. Notice the mandolin itself, how it's not just an object but a collection of shapes that echo the rest of the composition. It’s like Picasso is asking us to see the world not as fixed, but as a series of possibilities. It reminds me a bit of Braque, Picasso’s contemporary, but there’s a warmth here that's all his own. It’s less about pure intellect and more about feeling. Art isn't just about seeing, it's about experiencing.