Pablo PicassoSpagna, 1881–1973Bull Skull, Fruit, Pitcher
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Pablo Picasso painted this still life following the surrender of his beloved Barcelona to General Francisco Franco’s fascist army, an event signaling the defeat of the Spanish Republic. Spain—because of its association with bullfighting—is represented by a bull’s skull. Outside the window, a flowering tree grows in the moonlight. The tree likely references the sacred oak of Guernica in the Basque region of Spain that survived a 1937 bombing by German and Italian air forces ordered by the Spanish Nationalists, a coalition of groups opposed to the Spanish Republic. Symbolic of freedom for the Basque people, the tree suggests hope for the rebirth of democracy in Spain.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- 1985.57
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Fonti
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Immagine: Cleveland Museum of Art — © Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Pablo Picasso
Tutta la vita25 settembre 1936 – 22 settembre 1939
Post: director of Museo del Prado
1939–1940
Retrospective at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a major retrospective of Picasso's principal works, revealing to the American public the scale of his achievement.
1940–1944
Life in Occupied Paris
During the German occupation Picasso remained in Paris; his style did not conform to the Nazi ideal of art, he did not exhibit and was harassed by the Gestapo, but he continued to work.
