Painter and his model 1927

"Painter and his Model" (1927) by Pablo Picasso is a cubist work that depicts the artist and his muse in a fragmented and geometric style. The artist's figure is on the left and the model's figure is on the right. Both figures are rendered with a bold black outline, with the forms broken into geometric shapes. Picasso utilized color to emphasize the angularity and flatness of the figures, using brown, gray, black, yellow, and white. The cubist style allows the viewer to see multiple perspectives simultaneously, which was Picasso's signature. This work, like many of Picasso's, exemplifies his unique ability to depict the subject matter in a fragmented, abstract style.