Painted women.(Pablo Picasso, Willem de Kooning; C&M Arts, New York, New York)

From: Art in America | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Nochlin, Linda | Copyright information

The exhibition 'Picasso's Dora Maar/de Kooning's Women' demonstrates the influence that the Cubist Picasso had on de Kooning's work. De Kooning's works show his love of the painting process while Picasso's reveal the dominance of line.

There is nothing like similarity of subject and pose--a shared motif--to bring out the underlying differences between major masters. Such was the case in the exhibition "Picasso's Dora Maar/de Kooning's Women," a visually stimulating and intellect...

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