Picasso painted his second self portrait while he was working on another piece, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Painted in 1907, Picasso created this piece after he decided to take a break from working on Les Demoiselles. Besides this self portrait, Picasso also did another self portrait in 1901during his Blue Period.

The face of Picasso reflects the faces in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Having a three-dimensional sculpture quality, both the Demoiselles and Picasso faces seem something like a statue. According to rumour, earlier that year Picasso bought two simple Iberian head sculptures from the secretary of Apollinaire, a French poet. The sculptures were stolen from the Louvre in Paris, one of the largest museums in the world. Therefore, some believe that Picasso was inspired by the sculptured heads, and he chose to use that sculpture quality in his self portrait and in Les Demoiselles. (Pictured below: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon).

Though Picasso was around 26 when he painted his self portrait, the way he depicts himself in the painting carries an air of adolescence. The vacant, almost empty eyes contrast the high level of energy that the painting gives. Picasso was particularly interested in the expressionless look, and he used it again in his painting, Profile of a Woman's Face, painted in 1960.

Compared to his first self portrait in 1901, Picasso is much younger and happier with softer and more inviting facial features. In addition, the vivd colors surrounding him add an intense level of energy into his seemingly empty eyes. His 1901 self portrait gives a feeling of isolation and fear while his 1907 self portrait portrays more energy and aspiration. (A link to a picture of Picasso's self portrait in 1901 is below if you would like to compare the two images for yourself).

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Pablo Picasso painted Don Quixote in 1955, and it is one of his more well-known paintings. Don Quixote features the characters Don Quixote de la Mancha and his sidekick, Sancho Panza, which are characters from the story by Miguel de Cervantes. The novel, Don Quixote, tells the tale of a man named Alonso Quijano, who reads so any heroic novels that he sets out to become one himself under the name Don Quixote. Alonso appoints a simple farmer, Sancho, to be his squire. The name, Don Quixote, means talented defender or gifted saviour.

Unlike his previous paintings, Picasso's Don Quixote seems like a simple black and white sketch. His previous paintings contained multiple color schemes and symbolism. However, Don Quixote seems to hold more power than the rest.
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Picasso painted his second self portrait while he was working on another piece, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Painted in 1907, Picasso created this piece after he decided to take a break from working on Les Demoiselles. Besides this self portrait, Picasso also did another self portrait in 1901during his Blue Period.

The face of Picasso reflects the faces in Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. Having a three-dimensional sculpture quality, both the Demoiselles and Picasso faces seem something like a statue.
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The woman in Asleeep, painted in 1932, is again Marie Therese, Picasso's mistress. The two colors red and green are so bold and intense that they accentuate the tranquility of Marie Therese while sleeping. Like the women in Picasso's neoclassical period, Marie does not have any "expression or character" written on her face. Instead, her face is almost unpleasantly sizable and unchanging, which is how the women were portrayed during that period of Picasso's painting.
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Pablo Picasso painted Girl Before A Mirror in March of 1932. Unlike The Old Guitarist, this painting is a part of Picasso's cubism period. The girl featured in the painting is Marie Therese Walter, who was a mistress of Picasso. She is featured in a number of Picasso's paintings. Seeing as that the subject of the painting is secret lover, some critics consider Girl Before a Mirror to be "erotic."

Mirror is a bright and bold painting.

Picasso painted The Old Guitarist in 1903 following the suicide of his best friend, Casagemas. Because of his friend's death, Picasso became more sensitive and sympathetic towards the hardships of the ill-treated. He started to paint pictures portraying the sick, the miseries of being poor, and the ostracized. Seeing as he had been less fortunate the prior year, Picasso found that he had an easy time portraying his ideas and thoughts.

The Old Guitarist  was a part of Picasso's Blue Period.
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