Women of Algiers series by Pablo Picasso
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The Women of Algiers series by Pablo Picasso is a celebrated group of Cubist paintings from 1954–55 that reinterprets Eugène Delacroix’s Orientalist masterpiece through Picasso’s fragmented forms, vivid colors, and modernist style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | painting series ⓘ |
| artHistoricalContext |
dialogue with 19th-century Orientalism
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postwar period ⓘ |
| artisticApproach | reinterpretation of an Orientalist masterpiece ⓘ |
| associatedWith | modernist reinterpretation of Delacroix ⓘ |
| colorPalette | strong contrasts of reds, blues, and yellows ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
interior scene
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reclining nude ⓘ seated women ⓘ |
| genre | Cubism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Women of Algiers (Version A)
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Women of Algiers (Version B) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version C) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version D) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version E) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version F) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version G) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version H) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version I) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version J) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version K) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version L) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version M) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version N) NERFINISHED ⓘ Women of Algiers (Version O) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception |
1954
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1955 ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Eugène Delacroix
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Women of Algiers in their Apartment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
harem interior
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women ⓘ |
| movement | Cubism ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries | Women of Algiers (Version O) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfWorks | 15 ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Les Femmes d’Alger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesCode | Versions A to O ⓘ |
| style | fragmented forms ⓘ |
| technique | oil on canvas ⓘ |
| useOfColor | vivid colors ⓘ |
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