Comparison Picasso & Modigliani
Mandolin and Guitar, Picasso 1924
Colours: Brown, red, orange, black, white, pink
Shapes: Curved shapes, angular shapes
Marks: Clear lines and shapes
Surface: No texture, flat
Scale: 140,7 x 200,3 cm
Space: There is some depth in the room, shadows
Materials: Oil with sand on canvas
Process: Picasso painted the painting himself
Composition: There is one big piece/shape in the middle of the room with smaller shapes in the back of the room
Portrait of Lunia Czechowska, Modigliani 1919
Colours: Red, yellow, green, white
Shapes: Curved, round shapes, flowing lines
Marks: Modigliani didn’t paint the eyes of the woman, he only paints the eyes of people if he knew their soul, so he didn’t knew the soul of the woman on the painting.
Surface: Texture in the background
Scale: 65,4 x 50,5 cm
Space: There is some depth in the painting between the woman and the wall
Materials: Oil on canvas
Process: Modigliani painted the painting himself
Composition: The woman is central in the painting
Comparison
Picasso used a lot more and brighter colours in his painting than Modigliani. Picasso also uses more clear shapes, straight lines and cubes in his painting, Modigliani makes more natural and flowing lines and curving shapes in his painting. Modigliani has a very recognisable mark in his painting (the eyes). Modigliani uses more texture in his paintings whereas Picasso’s painting appears more smooth and flat. Picasso’s painting is much bigger than Modigliani’s. They both use depth in the paintings but in a different way, Modigliani’s looks more real. They both used oil on canvas but Picasso also used sand. They both have the central objects of the painting in the middle but Picasso also has more shapes in the background.