Thanks to technology like X-ray imaging and machine learning, a secret work of Picasso painted during his blue stage has been discovered.
If you like art, surely you like most of Pablo Picasso’s works, and after his death secret or hidden works continue to be discovered in original canvases thanks to the advancement of technology, specifically to advanced artificial intelligence and X-ray systems.
Thanks to technology, a nude portrait of a crouching woman painted by Pablo Picasso in his blue period has been discovered, that is, a stage in his life between 1901 and 1904, and where the painter was still very poor.
This new painting discovered and which they have baptized as “The Lonesome Crouching Nude”Is creation of Oxia Palus, a company that uses technology to resurrect lost art, according to reports from the CNN.
And it is that Picasso painted on that figure of the naked woman crouching when he did “the blind man’s food“In 1903. Initially the figure had been partially unveiled by a superimposed X-ray fluorescence image (XRF) but Oxia Palus has” brought it back to life “using new technology.
For it used XRF images and image processing To reveal the contour of the hidden painting and with an artificial intelligence they added brushstrokes for the portrait in the Picasso style, to be able to complete it.
For the last step generated a height map of the portrait for texture and printed the image on a canvas using 3D printing technology.
As for why Picasso reused a canvas and painted on it, it must be understood that at that initial time, the painter was poor and did not have enough materials to continue creating, so he painted on the previous work.
It is quite common for painters in their early stages to reuse canvases and paint over previous works, and thanks to technology many have been rebuilt.
Although it is not really a work of the original painter since he always relies on technology to complete it, it is, without a doubt, a great discovery.