Rowan T + Seattle Art Museum (again)

I went to see Picasso again because the first time I went it was really crowded. I was once again shocked at the sheer quantity of art in the exhibit as well as the flexibility exhibited in Picasso's styles. Last time I had to rush by one of my favorite pieces, El Matador, but this time I stood and really looked at it. It's exciting to simply be in the room with a work painted by the hands of a well known master. But there's also something wonderful about forgetting who painted a work and just falling into it and seeing it afresh.

- Rowan T
Age 17
October 30, 2010

The Matador, October 4, 1970, Oil on canvas, Pablo Picasso, Spanish, (worked in France) 1881–1973, Courtesy Musée National Picasso, Paris, © 2010 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York



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