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Self- Portrait Of Spring: However, although a long focal length lens is mandatory, it need not be expensive. The utmost of critical sharpness in a portrait lens is not necessary, or even desired, since considerable diffusion can be tolerated in portrait negatives. Your lens needn't be in a shutter for strictly studio portraits, either. A lens in barrel is perfectly satisfactory, since you can provide yourself with a simple Packard shutter to use behind the lens. Many portrait men actually prefer the Packard to the more costly between-the-lens shutters.
In spring 1909 Picasso returned to Horta de Ebro, a secluded spot where, in his student days, he had once withdrawn from the world to consider his future. This was to be one of the most productive phases in his life. His portrait of Fernande, "Woman with Pears" (p. 39) was painted here, marking a further stage in the development of analytic cubism.
The use of lines is gaining importance for the arrangement of the picture, and this is what heralds his next period.
In his self- portrait of springportrait of spring 1907 (p. 32), painted shortly afterwards, lines have become the dominating structural device. Facial features are marked by broad, fast strokes of the brush, which also delineate the other areas in the picture. |
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