User:Francis1717/Girl with Cherry Tart

'Girl with Cherry Tart' is a painting realized by the Mexican artist Ángel Zárraga in 1922. The brushstroke employed as well as the geometric figures permit to ascribe this canvas to the Cubism. This oil depicts a young lady looking a cherry tart in an intimate scene. The dominant tones cover the scale of red. The lady is watching the cake with her eyes closed in a composed position.

Zárraga was part of the Group without a group [grupo sin grupo], as the art critic Teresa del Conde used to place him. This expression was coined by the writer Xavier Villarutia and it is due to the fact that it was very difficult to define the artistic movement Zárraga belonged to. What is true and can be said of his entire production is that he refused to realize art with a politic or social theme.

Between the different styles he experienced, the Cubism was one of the most interisting. He had a prefect knowledge of the moviment as he had the possibility to study and appreciate it during his stay in Paris. The artist Pablo Picasso referred to him with this words:   I  ''a Mexican friend who I loved very much. An intelligent, fine and worship man. He was even a painter [...] Ángel Zárraga. A gentleman.''