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Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Dem…
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culture · Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973) · painter · sculptor · printmaker · choreographer · ceramicist · poster artist · illustrator · photographer · costume designer · jewelry designer · also Pablo Picasso, Pablo Ruiz Y Picasso, Pablo Ruiz, Pablo Ruys Picasso, Pablo Ruys, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso
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Columna Digital: Subasta de 31 Grabados de Picasso
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Artsy: Summertime - Galerie Beyeler Basel (1970) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Heraldo-Diario de Soria: El nieto de Picasso y su mujer recibirán la distinción de la FDS de Valedores del Hispanismo en un acto presidido por Felipe VI en Soria - Heraldo-Diario de Soria
Artsy: 67 Acuarelas-Dibujos-Gouaches de 1897 a 1971 (exhibi… (1974) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Artsy: Cruchon hibou (A.R. 293) (1955) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Artsy: Salome (1971) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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Artsy: Tete de Femme 3 (Head of a Woman) (1980) by Pablo Picasso (After) - For Sale
Artsy: Lutte entre Teree et sa belle soeur by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Artsy: Tête De Femme Au Chapeau (1962) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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Infobae: Así es el peculiar pueblo de Tarragona que enamoró a Pablo Picasso y marcó su trayectoria artística: “Todo lo que sé lo aprendí allí”
The Times: From Matisse to Picasso, the secret stories of artist friendships
The Times of India: Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso: 'Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which w
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Artsy: Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits): four pri… (1969) by After Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Artsy: Françoise (Bl. 402, M. 46) (1946) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
Artsy: Chouette mate (Matte Wood-Owl) (A.R. 405) (1958) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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“t drink any more. A little later, about 11:30 P.M., he left his guests, saying, And now I must go back to work. He was up painting until 3:00 A.M. That morning Picasso woke at 11:30, unable to move. By 11:40 he was dead..”
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“I have joined a family, and like all families, it”
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Artsy: Scène de plage (A.R.391) (1956) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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Artsy: The Black Speckled Face (A. R. 49) (ca. 1948) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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Artsy: Tête de femme de profil (1959) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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Artsy: La Femme (1976) by Pablo Picasso - For Sale
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“Citation choisie pour le 2 septembre 2021.”
In a former convent (Couvent des Prêcheurs), which would have held the largest collection of his paintings of any museum, had been scrapped due to the fact that Catherine Hutin-Blay, Jacqueline Picasso's daughter, and th
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“Citation choisie pour le 7 avril 2014.”
“Como citado in: Soledad - Página 68, Ramon Catllá · Palibrio, 2013, ISBN: 9781463363055, 1463363052”
Four of Picasso's five surviving heirs—Claude, Paloma Picasso, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, and Marina Ruiz-Picasso—established the Picasso Administration to authenticate works by the artist
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Confirmed art historians' belief that Picasso used common house paint in many of his paintings
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The Art Loss Register had 1,147 of his works listed as stolen
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“Paul Jones (2011), The Sociology of Architecture: Constructing Identities. p. 47.”
“Futurism, ed. Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2008, p. 313”
“Como citado in: El primitivismo y el arte del siglo XX: 100 años después de "Las señoritas de la calle de Avinyó" - página 52, Universidad de la República, Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación, Sección de Estética, 2008, ISBN: 9789974004238, 9974004233”
“Pablo Picasso citado em "Quando a Psicoterapia Trava - Página 69, Marina da Costa Manso Vasconcellos, Grupo Editorial Summus, 2007, ISBN 8571830312, 9788571830318 - 216 páginas”
“Como citado in: Todo fue nada - Página 207, Nieves Herrero · Ediciones Martínez Roca, 2005, ISBN: 9788427031784, 8427031785”
Relatives of Picasso inaugurated a museum dedicated to him in his birthplace, Málaga, Spain, the Museo Picasso Málaga
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“You can have all the perspectives at once!”
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Robert Hughes wrote of him: "To say that Pablo Picasso dominated Western art in the 20th century is, by now, the merest commonplace
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“como citado in: De lo vivo y lo pintado: en el siglo de Picasso - Página 44, Salvador Jiménez · Universidad de Murcia, 1997, ISBN: 9788476847909, 8476847904”
The painting was put on display in the Reina Sofía Museum when it opened
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“Cambio 16: Edições 884-887, Informacion y Publicaciones, S. A., 1988”
Museum Picasso Eugenio Arias' Collection established in Buitrago del Lozoya by Picasso's friend Eugenio Arias Herranz
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It was returned to Spain and was on exhibit at the Casón del Buen Retiro of the Museo del Prado
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Marie-Thérèse Walter hanged herself; eight years later, Jacqueline Roque, Gilot's successor and Picasso's second wife, shot herself in the head
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“1ère ed. fr. 1975; ed. fr augmentée 1992 (SUDOC 012177164); ed. (en) 1977, Pablo Picasso : his life and times disponible sur Internet Archive.”
Picasso's surviving heirs were his widow, Jacqueline; his grandchildren from Paulo, Marina and Bernard; and his children, Claude, Paloma and Maya
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And Paulo's son, Pablito, killed himself by swallowing bleach when he was barred from attending his grandfather's funeral
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Died 1973-04-08.
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“Cuando me dicen que soy demasiado viejo para hacer una cosa, procuro hacerla enseguida.”
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions derived from anywhere: from the sky, from the earth, from a piece of paper, from a passing figure, from a spider’s web. This is a spider's web. This is why one must not make a distinction between things. For them there are no aristocratic quarterings. One must take things where one finds them.”
His grandson, Pablito, committed suicide by ingesting bleach when he was barred by Picasso's widow, Jacqueline, from attending the artist's funeral in 1973.
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“Cézanne é o pai de todos nós.”
“Si se sabe exactamente lo que se va a hacer. ¿Para qué hacerlo?”
“La calidad de un pintor depende de la cantidad de pasado que lleve consigo.”
“[Speaking of computers] But they are useless. They can only give you answers.”
“Nada puede hacerse sin soledad”
His grandson, Pablito, killed himself by ingesting bleach when he was barred by Picasso's widow, Jacqueline, from attending the artist's funeral in 1973.
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“When I was a child my mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.”
“It takes a very long time to become young.”
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne (1971).
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“Picasso íntimo: 1971 noventa años - Página 89, Antonio D. Olano · Editorial Dagur, 1971”
Picasso was the first living artist to receive a special honour exhibition at the Grand Gallery of the Louvre Museum in Paris in celebration of his 90th birthday
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A large number of Basel citizens called for a local referendum on the purchase of the Picassos by the Canton of Basel-Stadt, which was successful, making it the first time in democratic history that the population of a c
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The company had to pay out heavy reimbursements
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In her 1964 book Life with Picasso, Gilot describes his abusive treatment and myriad infidelities which led her to leave him, taking the children with her in 1953.
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“A origem da citação está no artigo "Pablo Picasso: A Composite Interview" por William Fifield publicada in The Paris Review 32, Summer-Fall 1964, numa caletânea de entrevistas realizadas por Fifield com Picasso.”
“Première édition aux États-Unis, Life with Picasso, McGraw-Hill Book, 1964 [lire en ligne] .”
Awarded Lenin Peace Prize (1962).
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“Como citado in: El cántaro de barro - Página 481, Sara González Niza · Aguilar, 1962”
“Picasso à Antibes, Hazan, 1960, p. 14”
And occupied with Jacqueline between 1959 and 1961
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“Picasso citado em Nation - Edições 1-33 - Página 64, 1958”
“Como citado in: Semanario peruano ... con las noticias que hacen historia - Volume 8, Exemplares 1 a 21 - página 30, Tall. Etinsa, 1957”
Dismissively characterized the work of celebrity figurative painter Bernard Buffet as "zero" to mutual friend Jean Cocteau, having witnessed his young children Claude and Paloma ask Buffet for autographs at a Cannes r
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Helped make the film Le Mystère Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Drew Party criticism due to being insufficiently realistic, though he remained a loyal member of the Communist Party until his death
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Picasso met Jacqueline Roque, who worked at the Madoura Pottery in Vallauris on the French Riviera, where Picasso made and painted ceramics
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Picasso had a six-week affair with Geneviève Laporte, who was four years younger than Gilot
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Received the Stalin Peace Prize from the Soviet government
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Paulo had 3 children: Pablito Picasso (5 May 1949 – 12 July 1973); Marina Picasso (b. 14 November 1950); Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (b. 3 September 1959)
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And Paloma Picasso, born in 1949
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Claude (15 May 1947 – 24 August 2023, Claude Ruiz Picasso) – his son with Françoise Gilot
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“I am a Communist and my painting is Communist painting. ... But if I were a shoemaker, Royalist or Communist or anything else, I would not necessarily hammer my shoes in a special way to show my politics.”
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“Picasso: 1a exposición de la Sociedad de arte moderno, México, junio de 1944 · Volume 1 - página 8, Sociedad de Arte Moderno, Mexico · 1944”
Picasso joined the French Communist Party
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After the liberation of Paris, Picasso, then 63 years old, began a romantic relationship with a young art student named Françoise Gilot
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“Wir beide, wie wir hier zusammensitzen, würden den Frieden an diesem Nachmittag aushandeln. Am Abend könnten die Menschen die Lichter anzünden." - Ernst Jünger: Das erste Pariser Tagebuch, 22. Juli 1942. 3. Auflage, Klett-Cotta Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 360893298-4, S. 133 books.google”
But remained married until Khokhlova's death in 1955
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Applied for French citizenship, but it was refused on the grounds of his "extremist ideas evolving towards communism"
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And 1940, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, under its director Alfred Barr, a Picasso enthusiast, held a major retrospective of Picasso's principal works until that time
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Marie-Thérèse and Maya were sent to Le Tremblay-sur-Mauldre
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“Picasso (1937), quote in: William Rowlandson (2007), Reading Lezama's Paradiso. p. 115.”
Career landmark: director of Museo del Prado (1936–1939).
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Picasso was 54 years of age
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In 1935, Picasso began divorce proceedings, but Khokhlova refused to divorce.
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Picasso began divorce proceedings, but Khokhlova refused to divorce
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Secretly placed them in an apartment at 44 rue de La Boétie in the 8th arrondissement, which was across from his residence with his wife Olga at number 23
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“Das Werk, das man malt, ist eine Art, Tagebuch zu führen." In: L' Intransigeant. Paris, 15. Mai 1932 (Picasso im Gespräch mit E. Tériade, 1932). Zitiert nach Picasso: Über Kunst. Diogenes Verlag, Zürich 1982, ISBN 978-3-257-23674-5”
“("L'œuvre qu'on fait est une façon de tenir son journal." - L'Intransigeant, 15 juin 1932)”
Entailed the financial ruin of Zervos, self-publishing under the name Cahiers d'art, forcing him to sell part of his art collection at auction to avoid bankruptcy
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“Quote, attributed to Picasso in: Jean Cocteau (1932), Opium: The Diary of an Addict. p. 63”
“Pablo Picasso citado in La Revue de France - Volume 11 - Página 117, Marcel Prévost, Joseph Bédier, Raymond Recouly - La Renaissance du livre, 1931”
“Lettre sur l’art », Formes, février 1930, p. 3 [texte intégral]”
Picasso met 17-year-old Marie-Thérèse Walter and began a long-standing affair with her
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The Surrealist writer and poet André Breton declared Picasso as "one of ours" in his article Le Surréalisme et la peinture, published in Révolution surréaliste
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Picasso said, "The several manners I have used in my art must not be considered as an evolution, or as steps towards an unknown ideal of painting
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“Marius de Zayas, « Picasso Speaks », dans The Arts, vol. III, 5, 1923 [lire en ligne], p. 315 .”
“And from the point of view of art there are no concrete or abstract forms, but only forms which are more or less convincing lies. That those lies are necessary to our mental selves is beyond any doubt, as it is through them that we form our aesthetic point of view of life. (Paris 1923)”
“Among the several sins that I have been accused of committing, none is more false than the one that I have, as the principal objective in my work, the spirit of research. When I paint my object is to show what I have found and not what I am looking for. In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by facts and not by reasons... [Paris 1923].”
“Picasso Speaks" in The Arts, vol. 3, ed. Marius de Zayas, New York, May 1923. pp. 315-329; Reprinted in Alfred Barr: Picasso, New York 1946, pp. 270–1”
“The several manners I have used in my art must not be considered as an evolution, or as steps towards an unknown ideal of painting ... If the subjects I have wanted to express have suggested different ways of expression I have never hesitated to adopt them.”
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Simultaneously painted several large neoclassical paintings and two versions of the Cubist composition Three Musicians (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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Made a number of drawings from postcards and photographs that reflect his interest in the stylistic conventions and static character of posed photographs
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Galerias Dalmau in Barcelona did two exhibitions side by side of Picasso and artist Joaquin Torres-Garcia
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Picasso was arrested and questioned about the theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre
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Picasso joined an art gallery that had recently been opened in Paris by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, a German art historian and art collector who became one of the premier French art dealers of the 20th century
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Put an end to his "Blue Period", marking the transition into his "Rose Period"
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Met Henri Matisse, who was to become a lifelong friend and rival
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His realism began to show a Symbolist influence, for example, in a series of landscape paintings rendered in non-naturalistic violet and green tones
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Studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando (1897).
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Picasso was traumatised when his seven-year-old sister, Conchita, died of diphtheria
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Where his father became a professor at the School of Fine Arts
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Born 1881-10-25.
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Among the several sins that I have been accused of committing, none is more false than the one that I have, as the principal objective in my work, the spirit of research. When I paint my object is to show what I have found and not what I am looking for. In art intentions are not sufficient and, as we say in Spanish, love must be proved by facts and not by reasons... [Paris 1923].
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