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Jan 2024
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Picasso | Bullfights, Brothels & Bohemia...

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His father wants him to become a great classical painter, but teenage Pablo Picasso has other ideas. He joins the heady bohemia of Barcelona and Paris, where tragedy transforms his art and puts him on the road to fame.

Artwork:

The Little Yellow Picador, Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1889)

The First Communion, Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1896)

La Vie, Pablo Picasso (1903)


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