picasso in provence celebrations | benvengudo hotel & restaurant
2009 will host major events to celebrate Picasso in Provence and offer visitors a chance to discover its most beautiful sights...
Provence has always been a great inspiration source for many painters, such as Cezanne or Van Gogh to name a few. Picasso himself was not indifferent to Provence and its charms and spent numerous years in the area.
In his early years, Picasso often came to Provence to visit friends (Braque, Matisse, Man Ray) and paint some of his major works, inspired by local landscapes and the intense Provencal light. In 1955, he settled in Cannes... and never left. He died in Mougins in 1973, aged 92.
As a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s involvement in Jean Cocteau's Testament of Orpheus movie filmed here in Les Baux de Provence (1959), numerous cultural exhibits will pay homage to the notorious Spanish painter this summer. A specially designed ‘Picasso itinerary in Provence & Riviera’ will allow you to follow in the artist’s trail and get an overview of the places this artistic genius was familiar with.
Here are a few of those not-to-be-missed Picasso in Provence events and exhibitions...
Exhibition in CATHEDRALE D'IMAGES’ huge stone quarries
Les Baux de Provence - 25 February 2009 to 3 January 2010
Picasso’s works will be projected in the amazing quarry used as an exhibition room. An audiovisual creation that bears the hallmark of the pictorial richness of this exceptional artist, from Neoclassicism to cubism’s multiple perspectives, from the blue and pink periods to the explosion of colours and shapes...
Picasso-Cezanne exhibition
Granet Museum (Aix-en-Provence) - 25 May to 27 September 2009
More than a hundred paintings from both artists, detailing Cezanne’s influence on Picasso’s work.
Vauvenargues Castle
Aix-en-Provence - 27 May to 25 September 2009
Temporary opening of Vauvenargues Castle, where Picasso and his wife Jacqueline lived from 1959 to 1961. Reservations required.
PICASSO, 1945 - 1949: l'ère du renouveau
Picasso Museum of Antibes - 29 March to 14 June 2009
This exhibition is an opportunity to shed new light on what is customarily called Picasso’s “Antibes period”, by setting the works he completed during his sojourn in the autumn of 1946 at the Château Grimaldi (which today form the core of the Musée d’Antibes collection) alongside the works he produced immediately beforehand and afterwards. More than 200 works (paintings, drawings, ceramics) belonging to important public and private collections.
Set to be an exceptional year, 2009 will host major events on the Picasso theme and offer visitors a chance to discover Provence’s most beautiful sights. Follow in the footsteps of this inimitable artist... Enjoy a voyage in time with Picasso, in Provence. Discover more...
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