The Old Guitarist

Mediums: oil, panel.
Dimensions: 121,3 x 82,5 сm.
Location: Art Institute of Chicago.

Picasso created this picture after the death of his close friend, Casagemas. During this period, Expressionism greatly influenced the style of the artist. He painted many canvases depicting the miseries of poor and ill people, as well as societal castoffs. The bent and sightless man seems oblivious to his blindness and poverty as he plays.