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Painter with Palette
and Easel (1928) VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
This Post-Cubist portrait in oils was
painted at a time when Picasso’s Practical Information
work was verging on Surrealism. Hôtel Salé, 5 Rue de Thorigny
75003. Map 14 D2. Tel 01 85 56
00 36. Open 9:30am–6pm Tue–
Sun. Closed 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec.
& 7 8 groups by appt only,
book online. - = Concerts,
conferences and performances.
∑ museepicassoparis.fr
Third floor Transport
q St-Sébastien Froissart, St-Paul,
Chemin Vert. @ 29, 69, 75, 96 to
St-Paul, Bastille, Pl des Vosges.
W Châtelet-Les-Halles. h Rue
St-Antoine, Bastille.

Picasso and Spain
After 1934, Picasso never
returned to his homeland due to
his rejection of Franco’s regime.
However, throughout his life
in France he used Spanish
themes in his art, such as
the bull (often in the
form of a minotaur)
and the guitar, which
Woman Reading (1932) he associated with his
Purples and yellows were Andalusian childhood.
First floor often used by Picasso
when painting his model
Marie-Thérèse Walter.

Entrance

. Two Women Running on the Beach (1922)
In 1924, this was used for the stage curtain design
for Diaghilev’s ballet The Blue Train. It proved to
be his last major design work for any theatre.
Key to Floorplan
Cubism
Ground Male Portraits
floor Picasso’s Private Collection
Early Works: 1895–1931
Modern Classicism: 1918–43
Second World War Years
Bull/Minotaur Works
Later Years 1950–73
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Entrance Studios

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