Originally posted on HUMAN WRONGS WATCH: Human Wrongs Watch By César Chelala* African art provided unexpected magnitude and originality to the Spanish master’s work Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, detail | Image from Wall Street International. 1 February 2021 (Wall Street International)* — He was one of the greatest artists, if not the greatest, of…
Pablo Picasso’s Debt to African Art — Transformations
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I never thought of it, but once you point it out, the influence of African masks and figures on Picasso seems so obvious! And what an enriching influence! (Btw, that narrative note that Picasso “held the sculpture in his hands all night” still has me laughing at the thought of Pable curled up in his pajamas with the sculpture 🙂 )
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I feel I should point out that this blog is a curation of interesting things I find whilst surfing the web, and though I agree with the conclusions expressed, I didn’t write this!
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Understood. Thanks for web-hunting for us 🙂
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