Portrait of Fernande Olivier 1909

"Portrait of Fernande Olivier" is a 1909 oil painting by Pablo Picasso. This work is characteristic of Picasso’s Cubist style, a movement he helped to pioneer. The face and figure of Fernande Olivier, Picasso’s muse, is broken down into geometric shapes and planes, which are painted in a palette of earthy tones, giving the portrait a sense of fragmentation and depth. This revolutionary approach to portraiture challenged traditional representation and laid the foundation for abstract art.