Picasso. Au cœur des ténèbres. 1939-1945. Essais cops and thugs

cops and thugs

and Melanesia

Italian and French texts

death and the afterlife

he has given new life to the most modest street furniture

Picasso. Au cœur des ténèbres. 1939-1945. Essais cops and thugsFrom Royan, which corresponds to the episode of the Phoney War, to his establishment in Paris during the Occupation, in the studio on the rue des Grands Augustins, the work focuses on the significant artistic milestones of this period, the two peaks of which are undoubtedly L'Aubade (1942) and L'Homme au mouton (1944). During these years, faithful to his obsession with the female figure, Picasso constantly returned to the themes of portraiture and the