t Gertrude ended up resembling the painting years later. I dare to suggest that the relationship between Picasso and Gertrude could have been a mother son relationship or just close friends. What originally drew me to this painting was that I had thought that it was a family remember like his grandmother or maybe even his mother. It had that personal touch and it reminded me of my grandmother. I thought it was different from some of the paintings that I have seen. This painting is fairly simple but it has a lot of meaning behind it that we will never know. I think another thing that attracted me to this painting was it simplicity. There was nothing to distract you from the main object witch was Gertrude. The reason I say this is because sometimes artists have a lot of things on in their paintings and more then one object and sometimes it can be rather distracting. Picasso has done so many paintings some of them include the Tragedy 1903, Girl Reading at the Table 1834, Crucifixion 1934, Dorra Maar 1937 and so many others. Picasso had a very unique sense of style. His willingness and open exploration to try new and different things made him a great artist in his time. He had many talents, he not only painted but, he was a sculptor, he did drawings, he worked with ceramics and he was also a poet which no one really new about. This is only a small glimpse at this artist diverse life and career as an artist. Picasso has contributed a lot to modern art. He has done so much and we have the privilege of being able to see his work displayed in museums. Word Count 1691...
