A journey that begins at the Reina Sofía in Madrid and ends at the Picasso Museum in Paris.
1.
Guernica
(1937)
The 'Guernica' (1937).
© Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Reina Sofía National Museum |
Madrid
Painted for the Spanish Pavilion of the Universal Exhibition in Paris, after the German massacre in Gernika.
He returned from the US to Spain in 1981, to the Prado and then to the Reina Sofía.
2.
The Young Ladies of Avignon
(1907)
The Young Ladies of Avignon, 1907 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) |
New York
Absolute break with the traditional composition and perspective of art.
Picasso portrays the prostitutes of Barcelona's Avinyó street with African masked faces.
3.
Life
(1903)
Life, 1903 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
The Cleveland Museum of Art |
Cleveland (USA)
One of the peaks of the blue period, a product of Picasso's obsession with misery and death and his depression over the suicide of his friend Carles Casagemas.
4.
Family of mountebanks
(1905)
The family of mountebanks, 1905 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
National Gallery of Art |
Washington
A
troupe
of circus performers in a landscape of desolation: one of the artist's most beloved themes.
A masterpiece of the rose period.
5.
The girls
(1957)
Las Meninas, 1957 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Picasso Museum Barcelona |
Barcelona
The artist's surrendered admiration for the genius of Velázquez is reflected in a masterful
suite
of 58 studies and paintings that Picasso donated to the Barcelona museum in 1968.
6.
Woman in Blue
(1901)
Woman in Blue, 1901 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Reina Sofía National Museum |
Madrid
It went unnoticed for a long time.
Its author was only 21 years old when he painted it in Madrid, influenced by Toulouse-Lautrec.
The identity of the model is unknown.
7.
Bull's Head
(1942)
Head of a bull, 1942 Éric Baudouin (© FABA - © Succession Pablo Picasso; VEGAP; Madrid; 2022)
Picasso Museum Malaga |
Malaga
In this visual poem in bronze, an assembly of the handlebar and saddle of a bicycle, Picasso frees the objects from their original function.
Just great.
8.
Celestine
(1904)
Celestina, 1904 Album (© Succession Pablo Picasso; VEGAP; Madrid; 2022) (Album / akg-images)
Musée National Picasso Paris |
Paris
Carlota Valdivia was not Calixto and Melibea's matchmaker, but the
madam
of a Barcelona brothel.
Picasso culminates the blue period.
Ascetic, austere, disturbing.
Masterly.
9.
Portrait of Dora Maar
(1937)
Portrait of Dora Maar, 1937 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Musée National Picasso Paris |
Paris
The artist portrayed his partner, the photographer who immortalized the creation process of Guernica, with cubist lines.
They had been presented by the poet Paul Éluard.
10.
Pan's Flute
(1923)
Pan's flute, 1923 © Succession Pablo Picasso;
VEGAP;
Madrid;
2022
Musée National Picasso Paris |
Paris
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