Sorcerers from Bohemia – Picasso’s Saltimbanques is coming to Queensland Art Gallery!

'La Suite des Saltimbanques' is a series of 15 loosely related etchings and drypoints that mark a transitional moment in the young artist’s personal and artistic development. Created on the cusp of Picasso’s Blue (1901–04) and Rose (1904–06) periods, the works are intimately connected with his paintings and drawings of the same era, including the Gallery’s own La Belle Hollandaise of 1905. On moving to Paris in 1904, 22-year-old Picasso encountered a bohemian crowd of acrobats, ...