Picasso volgens de Britten dol op 'Britse stijl'

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maandag 6 februari 2012
Pablo Picasso, The Three Dancers 1925, Tate © Succession Picasso/DACS 2011

Londen | De tentoonstelling 'Picasso and Modern British Art' die op 15 februari in Tate Britain opent, zal volgens The Telegraph onthullen dat de Spaanse schilder een groot liefhebber van Engeland was. In de zomer van 1919 bracht Picasso tien dagen in Londen door om het decor en de kostuums te ontwerpen voor The Three-Cornered Hat van Ballet Russes.

Englishness

Chris Stephens, curator moderne Britse kunst en hoofd tentoonstellingen van Tate Britain: “Picasso developed a fascination with “Englishness” during his visit in 1919. He asked his friend, the art critic and curator Clive Bell to take him on shopping trips to Savile Row and the East End, where he would buy suits, watch chains and bowler hats, which began his lifelong love affair with British style.”

Picasso and Modern British Art
15 February  –  15 July 2012
www.tate.org.uk

Bron: The Telegraph