Fernande Olivier
Pablo Picasso
1906
- Medium
- Charcoal, with stumping, on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- 61 × 45.8 cm (24 1/16 × 18 1/16 in.)
- Genre
- charcoal
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
Cubismdrawings (visual works)laid paperprints and drawingpaperstumpingdrawing techniquespaper (fiber product)charcoal
About
This work depicts the artist and model Fernande Olivier (1881–1966). She was Picasso’s partner for eight years and frequent subject. The pair spent the summer of 1906 in the small town of Gósol in the Spanish Pyrenees and it was here that Picasso made the drawing. According to Olivier, their relationship was tumultuous because of their mutual jealousy, but, as a model and companion who catered to his demanding lifestyle, she was essential to his early success.
