The inspiration for this Catalan café in Barcelona was the French café Le Chat Noir. The owner of the Els Quatre Gats had previously worked in Paris at Le Chat Noir. He opened the café in June 1897 and it quickly became a meeting spot for artists, poets, musicians, and others. Of course, Picasso and…
Isidre Nonell was an artist friend of Picasso’s from Barcelona. He was born in 1872, so he was about nine years older than Picasso. Unfortunately, he died in 1911, probably when Picasso was in southern France with Eva Gouel. Nonell’s paintings are classified as post-impressionism work, and some think his work belongs to modernism and…
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain. Málaga is a city in the region of Andalusia in southern Spain on the Costa del Sol or Coast of the Sun on the Mediterranean Sea. The artist’s name at…
Who: Pablo Picasso, artist What: Painting, 11 feet 6 inches x 25 feet 6 inches, oil on canvas (grey, black, and white paint) When: During the Spanish Civil War (1936 to 1939) the painting was commissioned by the Republican government for the 1937 World’s Fair in Paris. Picasso was notified in January and the painting…
Welcome to “J” in the A to Z Challenge 2017. The 1st Duke of Wellington is my theme for this year’s Challenge. Joseph Bonaparte was one of the emperor Napoleon’s seven siblings. He was Corsican by birth and was the elder brother to the emperor. Why am I including Joseph Bonaparte in this Challenge and…
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