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Woman's Head (Picasso)
''Woman's Head'' is a 1939 oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce .... It is a depiction of Dora Maar, Picasso's companion at the time. Picasso donated the work to the people of Greece in recognition of Military history of Greece during World War II, their resistance against the Axis during the Second World War. ''Woman's Head'' was first exhibited in 1949, alongside other donated works, at the Institut Français in Athens. It was not shown again until an exhibition starting in 1980 at the National Gallery (Athens), National Gallery and was on continuous show from 2011 until the gallery closed for renovation in 2012. In January 2012 ''Woman's Head'' was stolen from the closed gallery, alongside a painting by Piet Mondrian. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman's Head (Picasso)
''Woman's Head'' is a 1939 Oil painting, oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso. It is a depiction of Dora Maar, Picasso's companion at the time. Picasso donated the work to the people of Greece in recognition of Military history of Greece during World War II, their resistance against the Axis during the Second World War. ''Woman's Head'' was first exhibited in 1949, alongside other donated works, at the Institut Français in Athens. It was not shown again until an exhibition starting in 1980 at the National Gallery (Athens), National Gallery and was on continuous show from 2011 until the gallery closed for renovation in 2012. In January 2012 ''Woman's Head'' was stolen from the closed gallery, alongside a painting by Piet Mondrian. It was recovered from a gorge near Athens in June 2021 and the alleged thief was arrested. Painting The painting is a cubist abstract depiction of the bust of a woman and was completed in 1939. The subject is the French photographer Dora Maar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
