Picasso Woman Flower 1946 Oil on canvas 146×89 cm Private collection
"You are full of life, like a plant sprouting in the spring," Picasso said to his lover, Françoise. At that time, the two had just lived together for a few months, and their relationship was in a hot period. The artist's love story is different.
Picasso with lover Françoise Giraud
In order to express a strong sense of love, musicians would write love songs for their lovers, poets would write poems, and the painter Picasso would paint hundreds of portraits of his lover to express his strong feelings and use paintbrushes to celebrate the personality of his beloved.
Françoise and Picasso painted puzzles for her
One day, Françoise posed as a model for Picasso, and Picasso first drew her sitting posture, looked at it, was not satisfied, and then wiped the repaint. No! This time, we should draw something new to show the unique character of the lover, this work must be unprecedented, it must be unique!
Picasso and her lover Françoise and her portrait "Woman Flower" puzzle
So Picasso stretched the lines of her body: the legs and torso became the long stems of a plant, rooted in the land as bright red as passion. Picasso was pleased: now this is your portrait. In the works of the master, François is now a blooming flower.
Picasso's oil painting "Woman Flower" partial puzzle
Françoise's thick curly hair was painted by Picasso into large green leaves. Françoise's face resembles a full moon, and the green leaves representing her hair are in a circular shape around her face.
Part of Picasso's oil painting "Woman Flower" on canvas
Despite the extremes of simplification, the viewer can still spot Françoise's signature features at a glance from this face: a beauty mole under the left eye, and a curved willow eyebrow.
In the hands of the "Woman Flower", Picasso drew a sphere. He said to Françoise, "You see, a woman holds the whole world in her hands, and heaven and earth are in her hands. ”
In the years when Picasso lived with Françoise Giraud, the world was undergoing a great historical change: the Second World War had just ended, and Europe and China had ceased from the war, recuperated and longed for peace. With the birth of Claude and Paloma, Picasso enjoyed the joy of a new partner and a new family. Picasso moved from Paris to settle in the seaside town of Vallauris in southern France. This was a transformative period in Picasso's artistic career, when he opened up new areas of artistic creation: lithography, sculpture and ceramic art.
Picasso's works by Françoise-inspired muse
Picasso's puzzle of works created by Françoise for his muse
As the new muse of Picasso's artistic inspiration, Françoise appeared in his nuanced Romantic paintings such as The Sitting Woman (1946) and The Woman Who Painted Surrounded by Children (1946).
Picasso's portrait of Françoise
Picasso made radical combination sculptures in Valori, such as The Little Girl Who Jumped Rope; at this stage, Picasso's avant-garde lithographs showed Françoise's astonishing beauty and boundless vitality; in the Labier de Lamière Pottery, Picasso completely changed the way pottery was decorated, which not only greatly enriched Picasso's artistic form, but also gained a larger artistic audience.
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