Picasso

Picasso on a postcard! Christmas dinner sketch by founder of Cubism at auction for £30,000 

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Considered by many to be the world’s greatest modern artist Pablo Picasso produced more than 25,000 works of art during his long career.  Born in Spain in 1881 Picasso quickly became enamoured with art under the formal guidance of his art professor father, Don José Ruiz y Blasco. Picasso found himself as a painter, sculptor … Read more

Art dealer ‘likely forged email from Microsoft’s Paul Allen offering £10m for a Picasso’ judge finds

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An art dealer likely did forge an email from late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen offering $10million for a Picasso painting, a judge found. Siblings Sean, Lauren and David Carpenter claim Astrid-Caroline Cole falsified an email exchange with billionaire businessman Paul Allen, in which he allegedly offered to buy the Spanish artist’s work Le Sauvetage for $10million … Read more

Hidden Picasso sketch is found beneath his ‘Still Life’ masterpiece

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Hidden Picasso sketch is found beneath his ‘Still Life’ masterpiece after experts used X-ray scans to examine wrinkles on the canvas The sketch was scribbled on the back of the canvas used for his Still Life (1922) It appears to show a large pitcher, cup and newspaper all resting on a chair Discovered by scientists using … Read more

Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction

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Paint-splattered palette used by Pablo Picasso is expected to fetch up to £6,000 at auction The relic is one of more than 60 lots in a Sotheby’s online auction from June 8-18 Experts say the colours relate to Picasso’s 1961 work Le dejeuner sur l’herbe  A rare woodcut print of a chick Picasso gave to … Read more

Picasso in Grandma’s shoe box and the story of one family’s love and loss

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BIOGRAPHY HOUSE OF GLASS By Hadley Freeman (4th Estate £16.99, 464pp)  Sara Glass is young, beautiful and in love, living life to the full in 1930s Paris, when suddenly, in the face of growing anti-Semitism and the imminent threat of war, the best decision — and the one her family pushes her to make — … Read more