Francis Picabia
(Francis-Marie Martinez Picabia)
Francis Picabia was born Jan 28 1879 BirthSpain.
Died Nov 30 1953
Categories: Painting Dada Surrealism Writing
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Very early he develops an aggressively independent character; at the same time, his talent as an artist appears. After a tumultuous primary education, Picabia begins his artistic apprenticeship at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in 1895 where he studies under Corman, Humbert and Wallet. Braque and Marie Laurencin are fellow students, Van Gogh and Toulouse Lautrec recent graduates. 1899 marks Picabia’s debut in the Salon des Artistes Français with the painting, Une rue aux Martigues.
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Works in the Tate collection
La Feuille de Vigne (The Fig Leaf)
Works in the MOMA collection
WOMAN LOOKING AT A PHOTOGRAPH
Picabia was inspired by the dance-like movements he saw at a no-holds-barred Catch as Catch Can wrestling match. The wrestlers may have reminded Picabia of a dancer he had painted earlier. The made up word EDTAONISL at the bottom can be spelled out in alternating letters to say Etoil and Dans[e] (French for Star and Dance).
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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