Before becoming a star, Pablo Picasso also experienced the panic that many artists still suffer today: no money, no gallery, no recognition. The Basel exhibition shows, in 1900, how a young Spanish man released Paris and the first artists of the style, what crime did he commit and then go to success to become such an artist. century.
There have been piles of written books, film movies, comic books about prodigies this century. The most famous modern painter, the founder of the cubist school, who painted sad clowns and the dove of peace became a sacred statue.
It is best to go back to the time when Picasso was not a "Picasso" but a young artist looking for a place for himself in this chaotic world: sensitive, foolish, afraid, arrogant, banished, destitute and anonymous. These early years were not only to open his eyes but also the key to understanding him as an artist. They show us that this progression is not for granted, but that there are strayings, falls of fate, lack, rejection, before final full acceptance has come. The Beyeler Foundation now dedicates an Exhibition to the most emotional phase of Picasso 's life. The exhibition "Young Picasso - a period of blue and pink" links many of his early paintings to bring back to the moment when with Picasso also Modern era begins.
In October 1900 Spanish art student Pablo Picasso, 18 years old and great talent, left the train from Barcelona to enter Paris, eyes wide. But from 15-16 years old, he had an exhibition-style painting with many awards. Studying fine arts in Barcelona, he quickly absorbed the "modernism of Catalagne", made friends with progressive artists and writers there, published pioneering magazines, read Nietzsche and organized exhibitions. crazy at their favorite pub "Els Quatre Gats". Pablo and his friends, artists Manuel Pallarès and Carlos Casagemas, went to Paris, the dream city of art and adventure in 1900. They stayed at home with fellow artist Catalagne Isidre Nonell, who was very real. Prepare for them three "models", Germaine, Antoinette and Odette, and with these three young Spanish young people rushing into Paris' nightlife.
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