Picasso, Les Demoiselles D'Avignon, 1907
Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon is a masterpiece of western art in the collection at MoMA. Some have suggested Picasso’s painting is the most important work in Modern Art.  Picasso executed over a hundred sketches and preparatory studies before completing the painting in 1907. Explore the following website on the artist and the painting. Pay careful attention to the sections “Looking at the Work” and “Preparatory Drawings,” and study the details of the picture. What strikes you as most interesting in Picasso’s Demoiselles? Do you think the painting was controversial for its time?
Columbia’s Unpacking Les Demoiselles D’Avignon website
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Picasso’s quotes explained a lot of why he painted the way he did. He didn’t feel like a painting was ever done, there was no meaning of beauty, and painting should be of what you see and not think. I think Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon was a painting showing people that even when it doesn’t make since you can still find the beauty in it. He painted with a knowledge of not everything had to be perfect or correct like more artist paintings were. Lined up, perfect demotions, and a concept behind it.