Pablo Picasso – La niña de los pies descalzos, 1895 – © Sucesión Pablo Picasso
The Casa-Museo Picasso in A Coruña, where Picasso lived for 5 years
The First Picasso – Museum of Fine Arts, A Coruña From February 19 to May 24, 2015, the Museum of Fine Arts of A Coruña hosts ‘The First Picasso – A Coruña 2015’, an exhibition focusing on Pablo Picasso’s early years in A Coruña.]]>
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The exhibition features 207 works, including 33 paintings by the artist. “The First Picasso – A Coruña 2015” celebrates the 120 anniversary of the artist’s first exhibition in the Galician city.
The young Picasso joined the School of Arts and Crafts of La Coruña, where, accompanied by his father, began to draw in charcoal and ink the models he found in the streets of Coruña, especially pedestrians who frequent the beach of Riazor, and the fishermen from the port. He was also fascinated by the landscapes of the environs of the “Torre de Caramelo,” the name by which father and son identified the Tower of Hercules, an ancient Roman lighthouse in A Coruña. As the technique of the young genius was becoming more refined, his father encouraged him to make some oil paintings
“The barefoot girl”(1895) is the masterpiece of this period, a lively and fascinating portrait that seems to predict some of the most famous works from the pink and blue periods. As a curiosity, note that this painting appears in a chapter of the animated sitcom “The Simpsons”, where Marge tries to instruct Homer during a visit to the Museum
“The man with the blanket” (1895, Museo Picasso in Málaga) is a small work that portrays the artist’s father in a depressed, almost pathological, attitude, which can be understood if we consider that the change from the sunny andalusian climate of Malaga to the moist and wet Galician weather caused a large depression in José Ruiz Blasco. The second key work of this period is the “Portrait of Dr. Perez Costales” (1895, Museo Picasso in Málaga), physician and former minister, and a personal friend of Picasso’s father. The young artist portrays the doctor in calmed attitude, as a venerable sage. The work is almost a prologue to later portraits such as the “Angel Fernandez de Soto” or even the self-portrait of the artist.
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