Lacma Pablo Picasso Analysis

Yesterday, Tuesday November 24th was my official first visit to LACMA. I had been there before, but outside the museum and I had taken art classes and none had require for me to attend LACMA, we always stayed local (Long Beach Museum of Art). I saw many paintings and art in general that caught my attention, but it all changed when I entered the 2nd floor of the Ahmanson Building. I had already seen imitations of this painting, but nothing can replace a masterpiece. Behold my eyes I had a painting by Pablo Picasso. One of the most famous painters of all times. The father of surrealism and cubism, this Spanish born native has captivated many including me in this case with his strange way of depicting feelings, colors, and specially moments. …show more content…
Finally she seems to be in a lot of pain and agony because her facial expression is just devastating; her mouth is colored in green like she was sick of something, overall weeping means shed in tears. And someone that is not devastated will not shed in tears. The walls were painted white, and the painting right in the center, gave it more focus. Since white is a neutral color, the gold frame of the painting made it stand more. When I got home I discovered the real meaning behind this painting. When Picasso painted this, he was already living in France. The painting was inspired in several things first in a woman called Dora Maar, Picasso described her as a really troubled woman (she was always weeping). Secondly, he was inspired by the Spanish Civil War; the agony her eyes reflect is the answer of seeing photographs in the newspaper about the war. Then her tears were inspired by Picasso’s mother, whom wrote to him telling him that all the smoke caused her eyes to get watery, so he decided to incorporate the tears in it. Finally he had several copies of the weeping woman because he had created her as a political protest against all the atrocities that were happening in Spain during that