PICASSO STUDIOS
PICASSO’S VILLA LA CALIFORNIE (2006–2018) was exhibited at Musée en Herbe in Paris in 2018. Visitors could walk from room to room to witness the extent of Pablo Picasso's creativity in April, 1956. Over 100,000 people visited the show.
PICASSO’S STUDIO (BATEAU LAVOIR, 1907) acrylic on canvas, 18 x 20in/46 x56cm, 2022
PICASSO’S STUDIO (BLVD CLICHY/PARIS, 1910) gouache on board, 18 x 22in, 2011
“Once, at an apartment in Paris, the owner had no idea that Picasso and Braques had developed Cubism in her living room. ”
PICASSO’S STUDIO (BLVD RASPAIL, 1912) 62 x 72in/158 x 183cm, 2006
PICASSO’S STUDIO (RUE SCHOELCHER/PARIS, 1914) charcoal + gouache on Arches paper, 2020
PICASSO’S STUDIO (RUE DE LA BOETIE,PARIS 1920) charcoal + watercolor on paper, 14 x 16in/35.6 x 40cm, 2004
PICASSO’S STUDIO (CANNES, 1956) acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66in/168 x168cm, 2017
“You can tell as much about artists by the way they place their things as you can from seeing their paintings.”
detail from PICASSO’S VILLA LA CALIFORNIE
PICASSO’S VILLA LA CALIFORNIE 7 + 8
“Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working.”
detail from PICASSO’S VILLA LA CALIFORNIE (CLICK IMAGE TO SEE PRINTS)
“Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.”
detail from PICASSO’S VILLA LA CALIFORNIE
“There is only one way to see things,
until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes”
PICASSO’S STUDIO (RUE DES GRAND AUGUSTINS, 1937) gouache on board, 2018
“Picasso’s studios are the easiest to paint because he made about 20 drawings every day. So I choose a particular day and can see what was going on around him.”
PICASSO’S STUDIO (RUE DES GRAND AUGUSTINS, 1946) watercolor + charcoal on paper, 12 x 18in
“Give me a museum and I’ll fill it.”
PICASSO’S UPSTAIRS STUDIO IN CANNES, acrylic on canvas, 62 x 72in/158 x 183cm, 2019
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
PICASSO’S STUDIO (VAUVENARGUES, 1960) gouache on board, 17 x 22in/43 x 56cm, 2008
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
PICASSO’S SCULPTURE STUDIO (NOTRE DAME DE VIE, 1962) 18 x 22in/18 x 22in/46 x 56cm, 2009