“Girl Before Mirror” and “Outer Image with True Self” Paintings

Introduction

Girl Before Mirror was painted by Pablo Picasso in March 1932. The 1930s are viewed as Picasso’s cubism period, which is characterized by the use of bold ideas and cubic forms that seemed to be unfolding a new world (Clark, 2013).

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The focal point of the picture is a beautiful young woman with a smooth complexion and large eyes. She is looking into the mirror and sees an image that is entirely different from reality. As a matter of fact, the plot of the picture served as a source of inspiration for me to create a work having much in common with an original painting. Nevertheless, the picture is deprived of the cubic forms and has no signs of a bright color palette. Its name is Outer Image With True Self, and it borrows the main idea of Picasso’s work.

Regarding the style I have appealed to in my work, Outer Image With True Self boasts of the same plot Picasso’s masterpiece has, yet, it demonstrates an absolutely different painting technique. It needs to be stressed that I was deeply influenced by both expressionism and post-impressionism that preceded the epoch of cubism. The black and white painting containing a slight touch of pink to reflect the surroundings makes a huge contrast to Picasso’s burst of color. The element of closure, which is clearly tracked in a manner to draw hair, makes reference to modern art. Eventually, I was making emphasis on the fact that surrounding is an absolutely irrelevant detail in this picture.

Conclusion

The main focus is made on the girl and the mirror reflection, which is emphasized by a black background to show that her “true self” is not that pretty.

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