Portrait Of Daniel-henry Kahnweiler (1910) by Pablo Picasso

Portrait Of Daniel-henry Kahnweiler - Pablo Picasso - 1910

Artwork Information

TitlePortrait Of Daniel-henry Kahnweiler
ArtistPablo Picasso
Date1910
MediumOil On Canvas
Dimensions39 1/2 x 28 5/8 in. (100.6 x 72.8 cm.)
Current LocationThe Art Institute Of Chicago
Location CreatedParis
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About Portrait Of Daniel-henry Kahnweiler

Pablo Picasso’s Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler is a significant painting in the development of Cubism. Created in 1910, the portrait features simplified geometric shapes and planes to create a unique relationship between mass and space. Analytic Cubism was revolutionary at the time, and Kahnweiler was instrumental in promoting this innovative experiment with art.

Kahnweiler was an art dealer, writer, and publisher who supported Picasso’s avant-garde vision by sitting for the portrait thirty times. This act showed his unwavering support for Experimentations in traditional portraiture. The portrait rarely leaves Art Institute of Chicago but can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery exhibition.

Juan Gris, an artist known for Cubism, also identified himself as “Picasso’s disciple.” During Picasso’s early Cubist period, he explored different ways to represent objects that rejected traditional Western conventions of perspective and realism. Instead, he used geometric shapes to distort recognizable images into abstract forms.

It’s important to note that after its creation, the painting was purchased by German art dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler. Later on auctioned bought Munich until it eventually found a permanent placement at Art Institute of Chicago. The portrait symbolizes an important stage in history where artists began experimenting with form similarly as society began challenging old structures during modernisation.

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