Picture "The girl on the ball." History and description

Once Picasso said that everyone has the right to change, even artists. This phrase can serve as a vivid illustration to the works of the famous creator. After all, the artist's style has changed many times over the long haul.

"Blue" and "pink"

These two periods in the work of Picasso occupy a prominent place. At the very beginning of the 20th century, he became acquainted with impressionism, which seized the beginning artist Picasso. Paintings with the titles "Lover of absinthe", "Rendezvous" (1902), "The old beggar with the boy", "Tragedy" (1903) appear during the "blue" period and are filled with images of poverty, sadness, old age, death. In the palette of that time - a lot of blue and gray shades. The artist paints beggars, blind people, alcoholics, women of easy virtue. Pale, slightly elongated body resembles the work of another famous Spaniard - El Greco.

Paris

In this city of art, Picasso arrives in 1904. The young artist settles in a hostel in Montmartre, comprehending the world of bohemia. Often there was no light in the workshop, and the water froze in winter in the absence of heat. But there were acquaintances, simple-minded, proud and cheerful, and on the door there was a sign "Meeting place for poets". The world of Parisian bohemia is part of the work of Picasso. Pictures with the names "Woman in a Shirt" (1905), "Actor" (1904), "The Family of Comedians" (1905), "Acrobats" (1905) - bright works of that period of creativity. The main characters are comedians, ballerinas, circus performers, wandering actors. They captured the attention of the young artist. The picture "Girl on the ball" is considered to be a transition to the "pink" period. It was written in 1905 in Paris.

"Girl on the Ball". Description of the picture

Picasso is inclined to choose for his paintings the most ordinary, unremarkable at first glance plots. Why is the strong man sitting back with the spectator and the fragile girl balancing on the gymnastic shell grab our attention and amaze the imagination? It's all about the skill and stylistics of the description inherent in Picasso. The author does not just copy, but seems to recreate life with his vision of the world. He forces the viewer to empathize with the characters depicted by his talented brush.
The painting "The Girl on the Ball" is one of Picasso's most famous works in Russia. And not because it is in the Pushkin Museum, and we, if we really want, we can always look at it. The heroes of this picture, like many others of that period, are circus performers and acrobats. On the canvas - sitting man-acrobat in the foreground. He represents strength and reliability. His angular forms attract the viewer's attention in the first place. A little in the back, on the left - a fragile girl, balancing on a ball with all the grace. It is in this contrast between plasticity and massiveness, grace, refinement and strength - the highlight of this work. The theme of friendship, support, mutual assistance is also being examined. The artist is fascinated by the contrast of images and, at the same time, their unofficial harmony. A bent leg of a seated strongman is perceived as a support for a balancing circus.

The Magic of the Master

The picture "Girl on the ball" strikes with space and fullness at the same time. These factors are based on the harmonies of color and lighting, the accuracy of smears. Picasso uses conscious coarsening, simplification of style, inherent in earlier works. Despite this, the picture "Girl on the ball" carries the audience a gentle and light mood, which is described in blue and pink tones, shades of ash and gray. These colors only emphasize the romantic, not forgetting the reality of life.
It remains to add that this magnificent work is in the Pushkin Museum in Russia, and it can be seen if desired, so to speak, "live".