Frantisek Kupka, Czech MoMA, NYC
My First Impressions: This painting uses a mixture of different types of colors, such as cool, warm, and light colors. At first, you cannot even tell it's a portrait. The main focus seems to be the colors, and not the face of the woman. However, the colors could also be reflecting the mood, or even the personality of the woman he is painting. For example, she could be happy and funny and entertaining most of the time, but now she has big patches of sadness in her life, as represented by the big blotches of blue and cool colors. Whoever this person is, its apparent that the painter knows her well enough to know her personality and what is happening in her life.
What I've Learned: The name of the painting is Mme Kupka Among Verticals. I think that that means that this is a portrait of his wife, who is someone who he obviously knows very well. It was painted in 1910-1911.
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