Musée Picasso (Antibes)

Museum in Antibes, France

43°34′51″N 7°7′42″E﻿ / ﻿43.58083°N 7.12833°E﻿ / 43.58083; 7.12833

Musée Picasso, in Antibes

The Musée Picasso, formerly the Château Grimaldi at Antibes, is built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis. Antibes is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea. The castle has been classified as a historical monument since April 29, 1928.[1]

## History

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The Château Grimaldi is built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis.[2] The château was originally built in the late fourteenth century as the residence of the town's feudal lords Marc and Luc Grimaldi, scions of the famous Grimaldi Dynasty.[3][4] In the early 17th century, the Grimaldis moved to Monaco and the château was acquired by Henry IV in 1608.[5] It then served as the residence of the local governor for nearly two centuries.[6]

During the French Revolution it was seized by the revolutionary authorities and was converted for use as a town hall; it remained in municipal use until the council relocated to a purpose-built Hôtel de Ville in Cours Masséna in 1828.[7] After the Bourbon Restoration, the château was converted into a barracks.[8]

The terrace of the museum

In 1925, the château was acquired by the City of Antibes and became known as the Grimaldi Museum, and for six months in 1946, it was the home of the famous artist Pablo Picasso.[9][10][11]

Picasso himself donated works to the museum, altogether 23 paintings and 44 drawings,[12] most notably his paintings La Chèvre (sculpture) and La Joie de vivre.[13]

The museum was renamed the Musée Picasso in December 1966.[14] Following her death in 1986, Picasso's second wife Jacqueline bequeathed many works by Picasso to the museum.[15] Two new galleries were established on the ground floor, funded by a donation from the Hans Hartung and Anna-Eva Bergman Foundation, in 2001.[14]

## See also

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* List of single-artist museums

## References

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1. ^ "Château des Grimaldi, actuellement musée Picasso". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
2. ^ Picasso, Pablo; Koutsomallēs, Kyriakos (2004). Picasso and Greece. Umberto Allemandi. p. 24\. ISBN 978-8842212713.
3. ^ "Ollioules, the last refuge of a powerful bishop from the Grimaldi family". Hello Monaco. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
4. ^ Paschetta, Vincent (1957). Riviera, French Riviera Tourist, historical and artistic information guide. FeniXX digital reissue. p. 91\. ISBN 979-1041035526.
5. ^ "5 Surprisingly Fascinating Forts in France". Britannica. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
6. ^ "Picasso Museum". Dukes Global Advenures. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
7. ^ Bérenguier, Raoul (1970). Châteaux des Alpes-Maritimes. FeniXX réédition numérique. p. 3\. ISBN 978-2307336471.
8. ^ Carli, Félicien. Antibes: A Short History of Architecture. Éditions due Cardo. p. 20\. ISBN 978-2-37786-006-7.
9. ^ Keller, Barbara (2000). Orgasmic Days in the South of France. Unlimited Publishing. p. 101\. ISBN 978-0967764962.
10. ^ "Picasso finds new lease of life in Antibes". The Guardian. 26 May 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
11. ^ "On Picasso's Trail, From Antibes to Avignon". The New York Times. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
12. ^ "Picasso Museum Antibes. Facts. Visits". Paris Digest. 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
13. ^ "Antibes-Juan-les-Pins". Just Tour France. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016.
14. ^ a b "Le Musée Picasso". Antibes Juan Les Pins. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
15. ^ "Picasso and the art of the deal". The Washington Post. 15 September 1990. Retrieved 8 December 2024.

## External links

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* Picasso Museum retrieved 2 February 2007

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Pablo Picasso

Periods|

* Blue (1901–1904)
* Rose (1904–1906)
* African (1907–1909)
* Cubism (1910–1919)

Lists of works|

* 1889–1900
* 1901–1910
* 1911–1920
* 1921–1930
* 1931–1940
* 1941–1950
* 1951–1960
* 1961–1970
* 1971–1973
* Picasso's written works

Paintings|

* Le petit picador jaune (1889)
* Science and Charity (1897)
* Le Moulin de la Galette (1900)
* The Appointment (1901)
* Child with a Dove (1901)
* La Gommeuse (1901)
* Yo, Picasso (1901)
* Portrait of Jaime Sabartés (1901)
* The Blue Room (1901)
* Femme aux Bras Croisés (1901–1902)
* Old Jewish Man with a Boy (1903)
* The Old Guitarist (1903)
* La Vie (1903)
* Portrait of Angel Fernández de Soto (1903)
* Portrait of Suzanne Bloch (1904)
* The Actor (1904–1905)
* Woman Ironing (1904)
* Girl in a Chemise (c. 1905)
* Acrobat and Young Harlequin (1905)
* Family of Saltimbanques (1905)
* Garçon à la pipe (1905)
* Girl on a Ball (1905)
* Les Noces de Pierrette (1905)
* Au Lapin Agile (1905)
* Young Girl with a Flower Basket (1905)
* Famille d'acrobates avec singe (1905)
* Boy Leading a Horse (1905–1906)
* Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1905–1906)
* Head of a Young Woman (1906)
* Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907)
* Woman with a Fan (1908)
* Brick Factory at Tortosa (1909)
* Woman with a Fan (1909)
* Femme et pot de moutarde (1910)
* Girl with a Mandolin (1910)
* Portrait of Ambroise Vollard (1910)
* Portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (1910)
* The Accordionist (1911)
* Le pigeon aux petits pois (1911)
* La Coiffeuse (1911)
* Violon et Raisins (1912)
* Bottle, Glass, Fork (1912)
* Ma Jolie (1912)
* Arlequin (1913)
* Ma Jolie (1914)
* Three Musicians (1921)
* Reading the Letter (c. 1921)
* The Pipes of Pan (1923)
* The Three Dancers (1925)
* Woman in a Red Armchair (1929)
* Le Repos (1932)
* Girl before a Mirror (1932)
* La Lecture (1932)
* Le Rêve (1932)
* Nude, Green Leaves and Bust (1932)
* Nude in a Black Armchair (1932)
* Femme à la montre (1932)
* Two Girls Reading (1934)
* Jeune Fille Endormie (1935)
* Guernica (1937)
* Portrait of Dora Maar (1937)
* Woman in Hat and Fur Collar (1937)
* The Weeping Woman (1937)
* Girl with a Red Beret and Pompom (1937)
* Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée (Marie-Thérèse Walter) (1937)
* Maya with Doll (1938)
* Woman's Head (1939)
* Dora Maar au Chat (1941)
* The Charnel House (1944–1945)
* Nature morte au poron (1948)
* Massacre in Korea (1951)
* Les Femmes d'Alger series (1955)
* Las Meninas (1957)
* The Fall of Icarus (1958)
* Bust of a Seated Woman (Jacqueline Roque) (1960)
* Jacqueline (1961)
* Femme au Chien (1962)

Sculptures|

* Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) (1931)
* Tête de femme (Dora Maar) (1941)
* Bull's Head (1942)
* Baboon and Young (1951)
* Figure découpée (1963, 1964, 1965)
* Chicago Picasso (1967)
* Sylvette (1970)

Etchings|

* Vollard Suite (1930–1937)
* Minotaur Kneeling over Sleeping Girl (1933)
* Minotauromachy (1935)
* The Dream and Lie of Franco (1937)
* 347 Series (1968)

Drawings|

* Girl from Majorca (1905)
* Don Quixote (1955)
* Toros y toreros (1961)

Lithographs|

* Le Taureau (1945–1946)
* Dove (1949)

Murals|

* Regjeringskvartalet murals

Plays|

* Desire Caught by the Tail (c. 1941)
* The Four Little Girls (c. 1947–1948)

Poetry|

* Picasso's written works

Ballet designs|

* Picasso and the Ballets Russes
* Parade
* The Three-Cornered Hat
* Pulcinella
* Le Train Bleu
* Mercure

Museums|

* Musée Picasso (Paris)
* Musée Picasso (Antibes)
* Museu Picasso (Barcelona)
* Museo Picasso Málaga (Malaga)
* Museo Casa Natal (Malaga)
* Château de Boisgeloup (Normandy)

Partners|

* Fernande Olivier
* Marie-Thérèse Walter
* Dora Maar
* Françoise Gilot
* Geneviève Laporte

Family|

* Olga Khokhlova (first wife)
* Jacqueline Roque (second wife)
* Maya Widmaier-Picasso (daughter)
* Claude Picasso (son)
* Paloma Picasso (daughter)
* Diana Widmaier Picasso (granddaughter)
* Marina Picasso (granddaughter)
* Bernard Ruiz-Picasso (grandson)
* José Ruiz y Blasco (father)

Residences
(France)|

* Bateau-Lavoir (Montmartre Paris)
* Villa La Vigie (Juan-les-Pins, Summer 1924)
* Château de Boisgeloup (Gisors, 1930–1937)
* Château of Vauvenargues (Vauvenargues, 1958–1962)
* Villa La Californie (Cannes, 1955–1961)
* Château de Vie (Mougins, 1961–1973)

Films and
television about|

* Visit to Picasso (1949)
* Guernica (1950)
* The Mystery of Picasso (1956)
* The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
* Surviving Picasso (1996)
* Picasso: Magic, Sex & Death (2001)
* Modigliani (2004)
* Genius (2018 TV series)

Related|

* Carles Casagemas
* Carl Nesjar
* Lydia Corbett
* Lump (dog)
* Fundación Picasso
* Picasso. In the heart of darkness (1939–1945) (2019–2020 exhibition)
* Picasso & Lump (2006 book)
* Picasso referendum of Basel
* Theft of The Weeping Woman from the National Gallery of Victoria
* Portrait of Pablo Picasso (1915 painting)
* "If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" (1924 poem)
* The Picasso Summer (1969 film)
* Woman, Bird, Star (Homage to Pablo Picasso) (1973 painting)
* "Pablo Picasso" (1976 song)
* The Blue Guitar (1977 etchings)
* Picasso at the Lapin Agile (1993 play)
* Picasso (crater)

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* ISNI
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