The Painter at Work

Pablo Picasso, 1963

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A late meditation on the act of painting, The Painter at Work shows a figure at work with palette and brushes, rendered in bold, gestural strokes. The work is part of Picasso's lifelong series on the theme of the artist and his model — a subject he returned to throughout his career. In his eighties, the theme takes on an autobiographical urgency.

The theme of the artist and model — the painter at work — runs through Picasso's entire career, from the early Cubist studio scenes to the late musketeers and painters. In his final decade, the subject became increasingly autobiographical: the painter is Picasso himself, still at work, still creating, defying age and death.

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