Spanish-born artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is probably the most important figure in 20th Century art. Leaving an impressive and tremendous 50,000 works over 80 years, he imprinted his name upon all the world. So we can say the Art of the 20th century started with Picasso, and moreover, considering the flourishing activities of his works, it is not too much to say the 20th century is Picasso’s century.
This exhibition is planned to introduce the works of genius artist Pablo Picasso through a retrospective exhibition for the first time in Korea.
Generally, we can classify Picasso’s works from1895 to 1973 in six periods. The blue period, the rose period, the cubism period, the classical period right after World warⅠ, the surrealism period when he painted “Guernica”, and the very creative period from World war ll to his latest. This exhibition shows the most important representative works from each period. “La Famille Soler”(1903) in the blue period, “Le Pigeon”(1912) in the cubism period, “Trois Femmes à la Fontaine ”(1921) in the classicism period, “La Doremeuse au Miroir”(1932), “La Danse”(1927) in the surrealism period, and “Femme qui pleure”(1937) in the Guernica period, "Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe “ in the last period is the most outstanding work of Picasso.
The Main theme of this exhibition is “People of Picasso”. With chronological description, various works from the early to the last period show Picasso’s chronological change and changes of style and process. The spectators are able to meet Picasso’s women, his family, self-portraits, figures from history or his imagination, and so on, in one place.
As we all might know, Picasso’s work had always been affected and developed through his many relationships with women. We can’t even know the exact number of women through Picasso’s whole life. But we can see their figures and characters definitely in Picasso’s works.
In this exhibition, there will be a separate room displaying Picasso’s women. From Picasso’s first woman, Fernande Olivier(1904-1912, in a relationship years with Picasso), to Eva Gouel(1912-1915) and his first wife Olga Kokhlova(1917-1918), Marie-Thérèse Walter(1927-1937), Dora Maar(1936-1943) and Françoise Gilot(1943-1953) to his second wife and the last woman Jacqueline Roque(1952-1973), all of Picasso’s women will be represented. It will be a great chance to understand how Picasso’s women are represented and depicted through his life and works.
