Picasso

Later that afternoon Mary Ellen and I went to see the brand new Picasso exhibit at the National Gallery of Victoria. The exhibit is traveling from its home in Paris, and just happened to open on our last day in Melbourne. The museum features work from Picasso from 1935-1945, and focuses on his painting of love and war during this period. He met his companion Dora Marr early in this time and that inspired him, but then as fascism took hold in Europe, his focus changed towards the pain and destruction of war. His masterpiece Guernica was painted during this time and recorded in photographs by Dora Marr. It was a very nice exhibit and really broadened my knowledge of Pablo Picasso.