On June 24, the Catalan dealer Pere Manyac, who lived in Paris, arranged in 1901 for Picasso’s work to be exhibited in a joint exhibition with the Basque Francisco Iturrino at the prestigious galerie of Ambroise Vollard on rue Lafitte.
Au Moulin Rouge (Le Divan Japonais), Paris 1901 - Oil on board
Vollard did not think the exhibition was a success, but in fact many works did sell at low prices. The nineteen-year-old Picasso had arrived in Paris in late October 1900. With his Barcelona friends Carles Casagemas and Manuel Pallarès, he moved into a studio in Montmartre.
Pablo Picasso Jardin de Paris 1901 - Ink and watercolour on paper
There, high above the city, they discovered a flourishing community of mostly foreign artists, who had come to establish their careers in the French capital.
Pablo Picasso Waiting (Margot) Paris 1901 - Oil on cardboard
The exhibition marked the first public display of Picasso’s work outside Spain (some of his work had been shown in Barcelona the year before). Impressed by the painter’s talent, French writer Max Jacob struck up a friendship.
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette Paris, 1900 - Oil on canvas
Picasso showed more than 65 paintings and drawings, including still lifes, street scenes and many depictions of women, ranging from fashionable café clientele to prostitutes and performers. Like so many of his fellow foreign artists in Paris at the turn of the century, Picasso also worked as a graphic artist, contributing drawings of entertainers to French journals, including Le Frou-Frou.
Pablo Picasso Leaving the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900 - Charcoal, coloured crayons and pencil on paper
Critic Félicien Fagus commended the young Picasso in his review of the show. Ironically, the commentator cited the influence of several other artists and remarked that the painter’s “capacity for enthusiasm has left him no time to develop a style of his own.” Picasso would soon prevent any other critics from making such a claim.
Pablo Picasso The Embrace Paris 1900 - Pastel on paper
The death of his close friend Carles Casagemas later in 1901 led to a deep sadness that helped produce Picasso’s Blue Period, three years marked by brooding canvases and somber tones.
Picasso went on to a long and brilliant career, becoming the most renowned and influential painter of the twentieth century. And it all began in that small exhibit in 24 June 1901
On June 24, the Catalan dealer Pere Manyac, who lived in Paris, arranged in 1901 for Picasso’s work to be exhibited in a joint exhibition with the Basque Francisco Iturrino at the prestigious galerie of Ambroise Vollard on rue Lafitte.
Au Moulin Rouge (Le Divan Japonais), Paris 1901 - Oil on board
Vollard did not think the exhibition was a success, but in fact many works did sell at low prices. The nineteen-year-old Picasso had arrived in Paris in late October 1900. With his Barcelona friends Carles Casagemas and Manuel Pallarès, he moved into a studio in Montmartre.
Pablo Picasso Jardin de Paris 1901 - Ink and watercolour on paper
There, high above the city, they discovered a flourishing community of mostly foreign artists, who had come to establish their careers in the French capital.
Pablo Picasso Waiting (Margot) Paris 1901 - Oil on cardboard
The exhibition marked the first public display of Picasso’s work outside Spain (some of his work had been shown in Barcelona the year before). Impressed by the painter’s talent, French writer Max Jacob struck up a friendship.
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette Paris, 1900 - Oil on canvas
Picasso showed more than 65 paintings and drawings, including still lifes, street scenes and many depictions of women, ranging from fashionable café clientele to prostitutes and performers. Like so many of his fellow foreign artists in Paris at the turn of the century, Picasso also worked as a graphic artist, contributing drawings of entertainers to French journals, including Le Frou-Frou.
Pablo Picasso Leaving the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900 - Charcoal, coloured crayons and pencil on paper
Critic Félicien Fagus commended the young Picasso in his review of the show. Ironically, the commentator cited the influence of several other artists and remarked that the painter’s “capacity for enthusiasm has left him no time to develop a style of his own.” Picasso would soon prevent any other critics from making such a claim.
Pablo Picasso The Embrace Paris 1900 - Pastel on paper
The death of his close friend Carles Casagemas later in 1901 led to a deep sadness that helped produce Picasso’s Blue Period, three years marked by brooding canvases and somber tones.
Picasso went on to a long and brilliant career, becoming the most renowned and influential painter of the twentieth century. And it all began in that small exhibit in 24 June 1901