ch a way was as bad as drinking petrol in the hope of spitting fire. Matisse had the most violent reaction. He swore revenge on what he called a barbaric mockery of modern painting. The only person who saw the immediate potential of the painting was Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler , an art dealer and friend of Picasso.6 Although he was heavily criticized , he was not affected by any of it. The almost unanimous negative reaction of his close friends occurred because Picasso had violated traditions that were held sacred to all of them. Although Les Demoiselles d?Avignon retains qualities that are bizarre and unorthodox , it still has some average technical qualities that are necessary to all paintings.Les Demoiselles d?Avignon is a whopping 8 ft x 7.8 ft ft of oil on canvas. It was acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest and currently hangs on its very own wall in the Museum of Modern Art , in New York City. The colors are overall not very striking. Shades of pink and blue dominate the painting while touches of green and brown appear on the faces. Picasso?s brush strokes are very smooth , but erratic. The two women in the middle of the painting received the most uniform color and smooth brush strokes. The other figures however , have different colored sections on their bodies. The figure in the upper right for example has brown sections on her breasts , both in different shades. Her arms are also a darker shade of pink then the lower part of her body which is a lighter shade. This figure also has several rough brush strokes on her breasts , while also having very smooth brush strokes on her stomach and leg area. A source of light is almost completely absent. The only place that a light source is hinted at is with the women opening the curtain. It appears that her head is in some sort of shadow. Overall a source of light is unimportant. This will become important later in the paper. The above details are simple and uni...
