... combined and the curves of the subject's shoulders echo the curves at the back of the chair. The colour choices are brave but work well against the elegant tones of the skin. Picasso's "The Bathers" 1918 was painted during the summer of 1918 towards the end of the war when Picasso exposed a beach of Biarritz, which was so seduced that it was almost possible to forget the horrors of the war. It is a passion of coloured rhythms. The misrepresentations of the Mannerist painter parmagianino are pushed to the extreme and the work also proves some debt to the romantic painter Ingres. Picasso's "The Bathers" features cheerful colour and features two figures revelling in the open air. "The Bathers" is one of the most ideal creations of this time. A robust and lively composition, which was later used as a model for the murals painted on his bedroom wall. Tim ...

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