Bathers – by Paul Cézanne – 1890
Obsessed with nostalgia, Cézanne painted Bathers from memory. It’s one of his many works that dance between reality and invention. Cézanne creates a tension here that reveres the very past it can’t quite enumerate.
A Bigger Splash by David Hockney – 1967
A Bigger Splash by David Hockney resonates across time with its familiar, fresh image. Painted in 1967, this masterpiece feels new no matter when you check it out. Sure, modern classic sounds like an oxymoron. But it’s also a fitting phrase for this piece.
Girl Before a Mirror by Pablo Picasso
What’s the painting Girl Before a Mirror by Pablo Picasso about?
– Time and growing old in Girl Before a Mirror.
– Picasso’s lover Marie-Thérèse Walter.
– Duos like day and night or the sun and moon.