Portrait of a Painter (after El Greco)

Pablo Picasso, 1950

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A late homage to El Greco, whose elongated figures and spiritual intensity had fascinated Picasso since his youth in Barcelona. The portrait captures the Spanish master's characteristic style — the elongated face, the dark, penetrating eyes — while filtering it through Picasso's own late Cubist language. The work on plywood gives it an unusual texture and warmth.

Picasso grew up in Barcelona, where El Greco's paintings in local collections made a profound impression on the young artist. He later said that El Greco was one of the painters who had most influenced him. This late homage connects the end of his career back to its Iberian roots.

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