Bohème Magazine Online - An Eye on Art - V

Yet, the whole painting gives an impression of general discomfort, because it breaks all the traditional rules of Art and also because it shows a disturbing scene that offers no sensuous interpretation; the Demoiselles are not pretty, they look barely human and some even interpret their distorted faces as the signs of illness.

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From 1901 to 1904, he stayed close to a traditional style during the "Blue Period" as well as during the "Pink Period," from 1905 to 1907.

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Inspired by Primitive statues and sculptures, Picasso turned their faces into masks, using the shape of Iberic heads and adding other elements to create his own Primitivist vocabuly: the shape of the eyes (large and sometimes empty), the eyebrows, the large ears... Picasso did not simply want to imitate Primitive art, but wanted to go further by creating something modern and more personal.

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colours offer a contrast between the cold, icy blues and the warm brown tones.

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influenced by the works of several other artists, such as Gauguin, Cézanne and Ingres, and by Iberic art, but we know today that Picasso was also strongly influenced by André Derain's Baigneuses and Henri Matisse's Nu Bleu, Souvenir de Biskra.

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By returning to Primitivism, Picasso shows his refusal to follow society's rules.

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