The Barnes Foundation, known as a haven for artwork of many of the greats, presents a special Picasso exhibit in partnership with the Columbus Museum of Art.
Launching in February 2016, Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change will examine the dramatic variance in the artist’s style during the period surrounding World War I. Visitors can explore this through a sizable collection of 50 pieces of work.
The collection unveils the change in Picasso’s artistic style took during World War I, with a move away from his current mode of radical cubism towards a more classical method of figure drawing.
Angering many of his other Parisian colleagues, he never addressed the war head on and instead began introducing elements of naturalism to his work. At this time, however, Picasso wasn’t able to shed his affinity for cubism all together. The frequent fluctuation between styles can be found all throughout the Barnes’ exhibit.
Drawn from major American and European museums as well as private collections, pieces displayed range from drawings to watercolors to paintings and more.
Visitors can also get a glimpse of period pieces from Parade, the avant-garde ballet for which Picasso designed the costumes, curtain and set. Created in 1917, Parade featured a story about a group of American and French circus performers. Four of the characters’ costumes will be on display, including the original Chinese Conjurer costume alongside reproductions of several others. Also for viewing is a watercolor and graphite sketch of the original curtain design.
While exploring Picasso’s wartime production and its connection to his own personal life, visitors can interpret the works alongside 15 other canvases produced by Picasso’s contemporaries of the time — including Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, and Diego Rivera.
For complete programming information as well as more information on the exhibition, click HERE.
Launching in February 2016, Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation and Change will examine the dramatic variance in the artist’s style during the period surrounding World War I. Visitors can explore this through a sizable collection of 50 pieces of work.
The collection unveils the change in Picasso’s artistic style took during World War I, with a move away from his current mode of radical cubism towards a more classical method of figure drawing.
Angering many of his other Parisian colleagues, he never addressed the war head on and instead began introducing elements of naturalism to his work. At this time, however, Picasso wasn’t able to shed his affinity for cubism all together. The frequent fluctuation between styles can be found all throughout the Barnes’ exhibit.
Drawn from major American and European museums as well as private collections, pieces displayed range from drawings to watercolors to paintings and more.
Visitors can also get a glimpse of period pieces from Parade, the avant-garde ballet for which Picasso designed the costumes, curtain and set. Created in 1917, Parade featured a story about a group of American and French circus performers. Four of the characters’ costumes will be on display, including the original Chinese Conjurer costume alongside reproductions of several others. Also for viewing is a watercolor and graphite sketch of the original curtain design.
While exploring Picasso’s wartime production and its connection to his own personal life, visitors can interpret the works alongside 15 other canvases produced by Picasso’s contemporaries of the time — including Henri Matisse, Fernand Léger, and Diego Rivera.
For complete programming information as well as more information on the exhibition, click HERE.
