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, ...
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® – The Picasso Century Exhibition
Exclusively developed for the NGV by the Centre Pompidou and the Musée national Picasso-Paris, the exhibition features over 80 works by Picasso alongside over 100 works by more than 50 of his contemporaries, drawn from premier French national collections, as well as the NGV Collection. Audiences will also have the opportunity to discover a rich selection of works by artists rarely exhibited in Australia, including Natalia Goncharova, Julio González, Wifredo Lam, Suzanne Valadon and Maria ...
