Pablo Picasso Libros

Artwork by Pablo Picasso. Contributions by Felix Reusse. Text by Erich Franz, Henri Deschamps.

Wir setzen die erfolgreiche Reihe dieser intimen Künstlerzeugnisse mit einem Meister des 17. und einem des 20. Jahrhunderts fort. Die Sketchbooks zeigen die großen Meister von einer weitgehend unbekannten Seite. Auch Rembrandt hat eine ganze Reihe höchst erotischer Zeichnungen und Radierungen angefertigt. Picassos legendäre Zeichenkunst ist Spiegelbild seines von Sinnlichkeit geprägten Lebens. Die schönsten Arbeiten der beiden so gegensätzlichen Künstler werden in einer Buchform präsentiert, die dem ursprünglichen Skizzenbuch sehr nahe kommt und in der Hand des Lesers wie ein „Original“ anmutet. Ein intimer Blick über die Schulter der Malergenies und ein Muss für Graphik- und Erotiksammler.

In its most prestigious exhibition to date, the Fondation Beyeler has devoted itself to the early paintings and sculptures of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) that date from his so-called Blue and Pink periods to early Cubism. The paintings from this stage of his career, all produced between 1901 and 1907, are milestones on the road Picasso took to becoming the most famous artist of the twentieth century. They can be counted among modernism’s most beautiful and most emotional works, and are also some of the most precious works of art ever to exist. This comprehensive exhibition and its companion catalogue feature around eighty masterpieces, most of which are only rarely loaned out by famous museums and private collections around the world. EXHIBITION February 3 – June 16, 2019 Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel PABLO PICASSO (1881–1973) is regarded as the epitome of the twentieth-century artist. In addition to his paintings and sculptures, his graphic works also enjoy special fame.

This work reveals Picasso as an innovator and conceptualist, illustrating his works from Cubism via abstraction to his late sculptures. It focuses in particular on Picasso's game with surfaces and lines in the various phases of his art.