Friday, December 11, 2009

National Museum of Wales delighted by capture of their Picasso gem

November 10, 2009 by All Art  
Filed under Art Museums & Galleries, Featured

The first oil painting by the 20th century’s most influential artist to enter a public collection in Wales will go on display today.
Pablo Picasso’s Nature Morte Au Poron, or Still Life with Poron, has spent several years in a private collection but has been acquired by the National Museum of Wales for more than £1.4m.
Although painted after the Second World War, it references Picasso’s single most important innovation: the development of cubism in the first decade of the 20th century.
The [...]