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The Weeping Woman painting by Pablo Picasso from 1937 depicts a woman with an asymmetrical face painted mainly in lines rather than curves. The colors used including green, yellow, purple and red are believed to convey different emotions from the painter towards the subject. Picasso aimed to evoke a sense of suffering and pain through the vivid imagery of tears revealing white bones beneath peeled flesh. The artwork reflects the appreciation Picasso had for women and a desire to portray the struggles they faced at that time through a universally relatable expression of female experience.

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Art Critique Example

The Weeping Woman painting by Pablo Picasso from 1937 depicts a woman with an asymmetrical face painted mainly in lines rather than curves. The colors used including green, yellow, purple and red are believed to convey different emotions from the painter towards the subject. Picasso aimed to evoke a sense of suffering and pain through the vivid imagery of tears revealing white bones beneath peeled flesh. The artwork reflects the appreciation Picasso had for women and a desire to portray the struggles they faced at that time through a universally relatable expression of female experience.

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Art Critique Example

Describe:

The Weeping Woman is a painting finished by Pablo Picasso in France, 1937. This type of

artwork can be considered to be expressionism. There isn’t an actual background scene in the

painting. The background is completed with different lines and colors. The woman is the focus

point of this painting. She is wearing an accessory on top of her head which demonstrates her

elegance. My first impression of the artwork is that the face of the woman is not proportionate

and is only painted with lines, no curves. The main colors that are used in this painting are

green, yellow, blue, purple, red and black. The painting is set mainly of lined and little curves.

The mood and visual effect that this painting portrays can be considered to be suffering, and

sadness.

Analyze:

The colors that the author uses can be considered to be quite different as each color conveys a

separate impression. The light purple that begins at the bottom top of the woman’s eyes can

convey sadness. The other half of the face is mainly covered in green and yellow; these can be

said to interpret other solid emotions that the painter must have towards this woman as she

was a vital character in Picasso’s life. The painting is created with mainly lines which can mean

that the woman had strong physical features or that her different emotions were felt

passionately as lines are usually seen as strong technical elements. The only curves that are

being used are for her hair and eyes. The eyes look quite down or depressive. This is because

the woman is crying, which goes back to the main mood which is suffering.

Interpretation:

I believe that Picasso wanted the audience to feel pain and provide a statement that explains
how all women feel and the agony that they are consistently in. The audience can see that the

woman has peeled away her flesh by corrosive tears to reveal her white bones. The

handkerchief she tries to stuff in her mouth seems as a shard of glass. This vivid image can

convey pain and hurting. Picasso has expressed the behavior of this woman several times and

often describes the constant tears that fall off her eyes. So the feeling conveyed by the artwork

is definitely suffering. Picasso wanted us to feel her and understand the pain that she was going

through. It was not easy to be a woman during that time since females where often frowned

upon. Picasso demonstrates the appreciation that he has for her through this painting as he

wants the audience to understand her.

Judge:

Finally, the artist’s value may be to evoke pain, as mentioned previously. This is due to the

colors that Picasso used and the shapes that he draws; not only these technical elements but

also the images that the painter uses within the actual face of the woman. The painting relates

to the entire female community. This community can understand the painting and know what

Picasso was trying to portray. Every woman is able understand and comprehend the message

behind this painting as we all feel the same way at one point in our lives. I believe that this is a

strong value in the painting. The weak value lies in the different colors that the painter chooses.

I found it confusing to interpret other areas of the face as the colors that were used didn’t seem

to match other locations of the face.

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