Painter Sketching and Nude Model in a Hat
Picasso created a variety of works throughout his career exploring the relationship between his position as an artist and his sexualized model. She is nude, although wears a hat--the better to accentuate her nudity. In this piece, the artist has depicted himself within the work alongside the objectified model. Picasso’s rejection of academic traditions did not rid him of his usage of the tropes of objectification learned throughout his studies. His progression as an artist exemplifies how the components of voyeurism are not constrained to the traditional female nude, but are ingrained within art in a way that allows this trope to progress alongside an artist.