Portrait of Wagner

Oil, board.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (the USA).

Some critics call a series of portraits by Torres, created in the late thirties and the early forties, strange. These works violated and ignored the dogmas developed by the artist. However, portraits, sometimes suggestive of a caricature, meant the freedom of the artist – his right to use a completely different style. The picture of Wagner is an expressionist work both in terms of painting and emotions. His large facial features are expressive; the author conveyed the characteristic “unsmiling” look of the ingenious composer.