Personal Mythologies: Picasso in the 1940s and 50s

Two Picasso paintings on loan to the Currier make their public debut as part of a small, new exhibition exploring the intersections of Picasso’s personal life and artistic career.

Category: Picasso, Paintings, Artist Lives

Recent Currier visitors enjoy seeing two works by Pablo Picasso on view to the public for the very first time: L'Homme au béret basque and The Two Children.

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About the show: At the Currier Museum of Art, you can now make a personal connection with not just one work by Picasso, but three. On loan to the Currier through the end of October, L'Homme au béret basque and The Two Children are on view at a public institution for the first time.

Along with the gem from the Currier collection, Woman Seated in a Chair, the works on loan anchor a new exhibition exploring the intersections of Picasso’s personal life and artistic career, Personal Mythologies: Picasso in the 1940s and 50s.

For visitors, this means a rare opportunity to see these three works side by side. Together, they tell a story of a period of profound change, both for the world and the artist.

About the loans:

Pablo Picasso

L'Homme au béret basque

1946

Gouache and brush and ink on paper

Loan from a private collection

Picasso painted this work of a fisherman posed with his chin on his hand after moving to southern France at the end of World War Two.

Pictured left: A Currier visitor strikes a pose with L'Homme au béret basque, on loan to the museum from a private collection. Photo by Morgan Karanasios.

Pablo Picasso

The Two Children

1954

Oil on canvas

Loan from a private collection

With cool blues, greens, and grays, Picasso depicts his son and daughter, Claude and Paloma, coloring on the ground. His children became a frequent subject for the artist during this period.

Pictured left: One Currier visitor takes in Picasso's The Two Children. Photo by Morgan Karanasios.

Personal Mythologies: Picasso in the 1940s and 50s is on view in the Modern West Gallery through the end of October.