I love how much this particular work has provoked different artists. We chanced into a huge exhibit at the Picasso museum in Barcelona. P had painted 40+ studies and remixes of it, fascinated by the grandeur of the entire work in some and by minutiae (like the hands of the maids or the angle of the dog’s head) in others. It was amazing to walk through and see a master grappling with both reproducing the work of another master and also taking ownership of it in his own style. If I recall correctly, he spent a full year obsessing over las meninas, interrupted only by a week in Cannes during he made 11 nearly identical studies of the dovecote and view out of his bedroom window.
I love how much this particular work has provoked different artists. We chanced into a huge exhibit at the Picasso museum in Barcelona. P had painted 40+ studies and remixes of it, fascinated by the grandeur of the entire work in some and by minutiae (like the hands of the maids or the angle of the dog’s head) in others. It was amazing to walk through and see a master grappling with both reproducing the work of another master and also taking ownership of it in his own style. If I recall correctly, he spent a full year obsessing over las meninas, interrupted only by a week in Cannes during he made 11 nearly identical studies of the dovecote and view out of his bedroom window.
Yes!!! I wanted to include a Picasso in the post but there were too many to choose from…spoiled!
lovely. thank you.