Picasso Museum Paris

The Musée National Picasso-Paris is located in the heart of the Marais district, the artistic heart of the city. The museum is located in the Hôtel Salé, built between 1656 and 1660 and a protected historic site since 1986. Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881. One of the most famous artists most famous of the twentieth century. Since his father was a professor at the École des beaux-Arts in Malaga, Picasso was encouraged to paint at the age of 7-8 then went on to study art in Cologne, Barcelona and classical art at the Prado Museum in Madrid.

Picasso was exposed to modern art while in Barcelona, and upon arriving in Paris in 1902, he became acquainted with such famous artists and writers as Henri Matisse, and Guillaume Apollinaire. While in Paris, Picasso lived in Montmartre, founding the artist collective Bateau-Lavoir there in 1912. In Paris at the time, Montmartre was the center of the arts, where groups and individuals gathered for discussions. about nightly art.

When you visit the Picasso-Paris museum, you can clearly see the growth and progression of Picasso's artistic career, with many examples showing the difference between the periods.

The current exhibition is Calder-Picasso, focusing on both artists and their shared interest in abstraction and spatial understanding. Other exhibitions on display at the museum include the Picasso Diurnes and the Picasso Intérieur Nuit, which tell about the evolution of Picasso's art and style, highlighting the works: Les Baigneuses (1918), and Deux Femmes Courant Sur La (1918). Paul Cézanne's paintings are one of his inspirations that are related to the birth of cubism.

Picasso is mainly known for his various styles such as classical painting, cubism and simple sculpture.

Beginning in 1920, Picasso began to visit Antibes, in the South of France. The Mediterranean winds under the sun appealed to him and are shown in the picture with two hands in the photo above. Picasso let the energy out of the painting. The vivid colors of the sea-blue part are accented with neutrals.

You've probably seen the famous portrait of Dora Maar, whom Paul Eluard introduced to Picasso in 1938. Picasso created many paintings featuring Dora Maar as a model. The painting has surreal shapes and colors. Picasso wrote of many of his portraits of Dora Maar: "I am just expressing my own vision. That is Dora's deep reality." This is a mirror of Cézanne's theory, an analysis of the object and a transformation with the knowledge of the artists.

Since the Spanish Civil War, the artist has created many works of art in black and white. Part Picasso, Interieur Nuit begins with works of art that focus on his perception of death.

Even the architecture of the Picasso-Paris museum is worth seeing with its seventeenth-century architecture, interior decorations by Diego Giacometti, brother of Alberto Giacometti. The museum is very popular with Parisians and tourists. To avoid queuing, you should book your tickets online in advance.

Address: 5 Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France

Tell : +33 1 85 56 00 36

Opening hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:30-18:00 (from 9:30 on weekends and public holidays)

Website source: http://www.museepicassoparis.fr/

Ticket price: 14€/person

discount ticket 11€ / person under 26 years old living in the EU and people under 18 years old

First Sunday of the month - Free