Picasso: Challenging the Past (The Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media) - Hardcover

Elizabeth Cowling; Neil Cox; Simonetta Fraquelli; Susan Grace Galassi; Christopher Riopelle; Anne Robbins

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857094522 ISBN 13: 9781857094527

Publisher: National Gallery, London, 2009

Synopsis

From his earliest years Pablo Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition. His memory for images was voracious and he amassed an impressive art collection of his own. Naturally he was drawn to the Spanish masters Velazquez and Goya but also important to him were such figures as Rembrandt, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet and Cezanne. Picasso repeatedly pitted himself against these masters, taking up their signature themes, techniques and artistic concerns in audacious paintings of his own. Sometimes his 'quotations' were direct, other times highly allusive. Always, Picasso made the implicit case that it was he in the 20th century who most forcefully reinvigorated the European tradition. This catalogue showcases the technical dexterity, independence and vitality of Picasso's creative processes, for here we witness the daring transformation of the art of the past into, in Picasso's own words, 'something else entuirely'.

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About the Author

Elizabeth Cowling is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at Edinburgh University. Neil Cox is a Lecturer at the University of Essex. Simonetta Fraquelli is an independent art historian. Susan Grace Galassi is Senior Curator at the Frick Collection, New York. Christopher Riopelle is Curator of Post-1800 Painting at the National Gallery, London. Anne Robbins is Assistant Curator of Post-1800 Painting at the National Gallery, London.

Edition details

• Publisher: National Gallery, London
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1857094522
• ISBN 13: 9781857094527
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172