Picasso, portraits, [exhibition], London, National Portrait Gallery, [6 October 2016-5 February 2017]

Museu Picasso, National Portrait Gallery

Museu Picasso, National Portrait Gallery

2016

1 vol. (255 p.) ; ill. en noir et en coul.

28 cm

anglais

Exposition, Barcelone, Espagne, Museu Picasso, 2016-2017

978-84-944228-4-3

From first to last, Picasso's prime subject was the human figure and portraiture remained a favourite genre. His earliest portraits were done from life and reveal a precocious ability to catch likeness and suggest character and state of mind. By 1900 Picasso was producing portraits of astonishing variety and thereafter they reflected the full range of his innovative styles - symbolist, cubist, neoclassical, surrealist, expressionist. But however extreme his departure from representational conventions, Picasso never wholly abandoned drawing from the sitter or ceased producing portraits of classic beauty and naturalism. For all his radical originality, Picasso remained in constant dialogue with the art of the past and his portraits often alluded to canonical masterpieces, chosen for their appropriateness to the looks and personality of his subject. (4e de couv.)

1.) Launching a career, 1895-1900 -- 2.) Experiments with form, Paris and Barcelona, 1900-1904 -- 3.) Paris, new circles, shifting styles, 1904-1910 -- 4.) Photography and the return to classic styles, 1915-1927 -- 5.) The many faces of Picasso's portraiture, 1927-1944 -- 6.) Picasso's post-war portraiture -- 7.) Picasso with the old masters.

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