{"id":199626,"date":"2023-09-20T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/2023\/11\/picasso-as-never-seen-before-at-princes-palace-2\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T15:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:53:44","slug":"picasso-as-never-seen-before-at-princes-palace-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monaco-tribune.com\/en\/2023\/09\/picasso-as-never-seen-before-at-princes-palace-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Picasso as never seen before at Prince’s Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This unique exhibition shows a little-known side of the Spanish painter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

A faun, a centaur, a satyr, Pompeii.. We find ourselves immersed in Antiquity, as seen by Picasso<\/a>. The State Apartments at the Prince’s Palace are currently hosting a truly unique exhibition featuring 25 works, most of them on loan from the Fundaci\u00f3n Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, which focus on Picasso’s interest in the legacy of ancient Greek and Roman cultures.<\/p>\n\n

As well as compositions that pay tribute to mythological figures, we can see that Picasso, the great master of Cubism and modern art, began his formal training at the end of the 19th century, acquainting himself with the classical art works that were constantly promoted by the academies at the time.<\/p>\n\n

In 1917, the painter visited the archaeological sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as the ancient cities of Naples and Rome. It was an experience that made a great impression on him, and it is the works that came out of these trips in particular that are now on show at the Palace.<\/p>\n\n

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Smiling\u00a0 Faun, Vallauris, 10 March 1948 Wash on zinc printed on paper76.5 x 56 cm\u00a0 Fundaci\u00f3n Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, Madrid \u00a9FABA Photo: Hugard & Vanoverschelde \u00a9Picasso Estate 2023<\/em> \n \n\u00a0 \n \n\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Olga in fur collar, Paris, ca. 1923 Oil on canvas 73 x 60 cm Fundaci\u00f3n Almine y Bernard Ruiz- Picasso, Madrid \u00a9FABA Photo: Hugard & Vanoverschelde \u00a9Picasso Estate 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Man watching a sleeping woman, Dinard, summer 1922 Graphite pencil and oil on wood panel 19 x 24 cm Fundaci\u00f3n Almine y Bernard Ruiz- Picasso, Madrid \u00a9FABA Photo: Hugard & Vanoverschelde \u00a9Picasso Estate 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n

The theme was not chosen at random, since it fits\u00a0 perfectly with the Palace’s recently restored Renaissance frescoes<\/a>, which also depict mythological scenes, as the curator of the exhibition, Francesca Ferrari, pointed out.<\/p>\n\n

The project was initiated by the artist’s grandson, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, as part of the year-long commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the painter’s death. <\/p>\n\n

The ties between Pablo Picasso and Monaco go back a long way, as the painter and his wife Olga signed the visitors’ book at the Prince’s Palace during a visit. The artist was also a regular visitor to Vallauris, where he studied pottery with Suzanne Rami\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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