The Actor (French: L'acteur) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, created from 1904 to 1905. [1] The painting dates from the artist's Rose Period. It is housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Although the attenuated figure and extraordinary play of hands recall the El Greco-inspired mannerism of the Blue Period, The Actor can be seen as the prologue to the series of works that culminates in the enormous canvas Family of Saltimbanques (1905, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.).

Simple but haunting, The Actor is the work with which Picasso ended his obsession with the wretched in favor of dramatic universe of trapeze artists and saltimbanques.

Nov 6, 2024 · A young woman, art student, carefully observed the master's painting and, perhaps drawn in by the actor's performance, fell with her head against the canvas, tearing 15 centimeters in the lower right-hand corner!

Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), a giant of twentieth-century art, painted The Actor in 1904 at the age of twenty-three at the beginning of his Rose Period. The work shows a concern with a modern kind of Mannerism where the limbs are extended and gesture exaggerated.

Jan 25, 2010 · “The Actor” was painted when Picasso was only 23. “He was very poor, and these canvases were expensive,” said John Richardson, the Picasso biographer.

The Actor (French: L'acteur) is an oil-on-canvas painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, created from 1904 to 1905. The painting dates from the artist's Rose Period. It is housed in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

THE ACTOR L'Acteur 1904. Oil on canvas. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Rose"

Sep 28, 2024 · The Actor (L'acteur) is a 1904 painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. Picasso painted The Actor during the winter of 1904–1905 when he was 23 years old.

The Actor (L'acteur) is a 1904 painting by Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art. [1] Background. Picasso painted The Actor during the winter of 1904–1905 when he was 23 years old. [2]