Museum Visit Extra Credit – “The Rower” by Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso is a famous artist who shaped the course of art across the 20th century and his influences reaches further than any artist of his time. “The Rower” is an oil on canvas created in 1910 that belongs to the formative period of Cubism.
The title of this painting is The Rower, but its subject has been the source of discussion as it has many interpretations. Scholars agree it depicts a seated person in profile. Picasso identified the subject as a rower although many view it as a person reading a book (the V in the painting is the open book). My interpretation of this piece at first glance was a women sitting at a piano with a music book open.
The painting “The Rower”
The title of this painting is The Rower, but its subject has been the source of discussion as it has many interpretations. Scholars agree it depicts a seated person in profile. Picasso identified the subject as a rower although many view it as a person reading a book (the V in the painting is the open book). My interpretation of this piece at first glance was a women sitting at a piano with a music book open.
The painting “The Rower”