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Night Fishing In Antibes Analysis

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This painting is called Night fishing in Antibes made by Picas in 1993. This painting is oil on paint and is 6’9” and 11’4”. Taking a quick look at this artwork, and many wouldn’t understand it’s meaning at first, some may disregard it as simply a fisherman painting. However dealing deeper into this painting there is more forbidding and meaning than one may think at first.

Through creatively using principles such as of color, space, shape, balance, form, composition in this artwork, Picasso shows an interesting artwork. This artwork has forms and concepts that stems from cubism, surrealism and primitivism. The forms also have a flat look and are cut out very geometrically, which make for an interesting composition. It is also through these factors and the subjects that Picasso articulates his story.

Briefly this artwork shows 2 fisherman, one holding a spear, and the other looking over the side of the boat holding the spear with his foot. The river is of the french riviera of Antibes. On the far upper left there are structures of buildings which is Chateau Grimaldi. Around the fisherman there are months and insects. Then there what seems to be a moon. On the far right, There are 2 women, where on is on a bicycle eating ice-cream and the other is waving …show more content…

I believe that this message was intended to showcase the situation to the people of the time. It was also a painting to forbade the war that was going to eventually happen and a last reminder of the once peaceful and happy Spain they had before. However the audience who would see it now would see it a bit differently. The audience probably wouldn’t know the historical context of this artwork that well and not immediately understand the social and historical meaning because the majority of the audience now doesn’t live in

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