| Three Musicians | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: Los Tres Mùsicos | |
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| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Year | 1921 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Synthetic Cubism |
| Dimensions | 200.7 cm × 222.9 cm (79.0 in × 87.8 in) |
| Location | Museum of Modern Art, New York. Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund, 1949 |
| Three Musicians | |
|---|---|
| Spanish: Los Tres Mùsicos | |
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| Artist | Pablo Picasso |
| Year | 1921 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Movement | Synthetic Cubism |
| Dimensions | 204.5 cm × 188.3 cm (80.5 in × 74.1 in) |
| Location | Philadelphia Museum of Art. A.E. Gallitan Collection, 1952 |
Three Musicians, also known as Musicians with Masks or Musicians in Masks, is a large oil painting created by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. He painted two versions of Three Musicians. Both versions were completed in the summer of 1921 in Fontainebleau near Paris, France, in the garage of a villa that Picasso was using as his studio. They exemplify the Synthetic Cubist style; the flat planes of color and "intricate puzzle-like composition" giving the appearance of cutout paper with which the style originated. These paintings each colorfully represent three figures wearing masks. The two figures in the center and left are wearing the costumes of Pierrot and Harlequin from the popular Italian theater Commedia dell'arte, and the figure on the right is dressed as a monk.[1] In one version, there also is a dog underneath the table.
Although both versions share the same subject, the darker version today is more famous than the other.[2][1]
- ^ a b "Collections Object: Three Musicians Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish, 1881–1973". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "Pablo Picasso. Three Musicians. Fontainebleau, summer 1921". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 16 August 2017.