The Weeping Woman

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painting work of art

The Weeping Woman is a famous 1937 painting by Pablo Picasso that powerfully depicts a grief-stricken female figure in his Cubist style, often interpreted as a symbol of the suffering caused by war.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Weeping Woman 1
Weeping Woman series 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
basedOn Dora Maar ⓘ
collection Tate Modern ⓘ
surface form: Tate collection
colorPalette contrasting tones ⓘ
vivid colors ⓘ
copyrightStatus under copyright in many jurisdictions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator Pablo Picasso ⓘ
depicts Dora Maar ⓘ
grief-stricken female figure ⓘ
weeping woman ⓘ
dimensionType two-dimensional artwork ⓘ
genre Cubism ⓘ
hasGenre history painting (interpreted) ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn interpretations of war imagery in modern art ⓘ
hasPart distorted face ⓘ
fragmented facial features ⓘ
handkerchief ⓘ
tears ⓘ
hasTheme personal anguish ⓘ
war and suffering ⓘ
inception 1937 ⓘ
inspiredBy Spanish Civil War ⓘ
interpretedAs allegory of grief ⓘ
symbol of civilian suffering ⓘ
symbol of suffering caused by war ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location Tate Modern ⓘ
mainSubject emotional pain ⓘ
female figure ⓘ
grief ⓘ
suffering ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Cubist art ⓘ
notableFor association with Guernica ⓘ
complex Cubist composition ⓘ
portrayal of Dora Maar ⓘ
powerful depiction of grief ⓘ
originalTitle La femme qui pleure ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage French ⓘ
partOfSeries The Weeping Woman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Weeping Woman series
relatedWork Guernica ⓘ
style abstract ⓘ
geometric fragmentation ⓘ
support canvas ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Pablo Picasso → notableWork → The Weeping Woman ⓘ
The Weeping Woman → partOfSeries → The Weeping Woman self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weeping Woman series
Dora Maar au Chat → relatedWorkByArtist → The Weeping Woman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weeping Woman