Picasso explained

The above Picasso piece, titled “Nude in a Rocking Chair” is modernism at it’s finest. The edgy strokes, contrasting colours and seemingly angry nature of the artwork encompasses an irritated and unsympathetic character, watching the outside world from the confines of her rocking chair.

A faceless woman is sitting nude in a chair, ‘staring’ out of a window at a simple expression of a palm tree. Whilst her face is emotionless, Picasso utilised her body to exhibit an angry-looking face. Whilst she sits in compliance and grace, her anger within is roaring to be heard. The bright, red flooring contrasts with the natural green and brown chair/background. The arms of the chair swirl around either side of the painting. Beyond the chair, the black wall is a catalyst for enhancing the colours of the artwork, further heightening the message behind it. The green behind her overlaps into the outside, showing some kind of continuity between the world and her home (assuming she is seated in her home!). This could represent the overlapping impact that the world has on an individual, and vice versa.

While this piece seems to make sense, the fragmented style encompasses the brokenness of society at the time and the displacement that people felt, especially through the modernist period of time.