Henri Matisse, Le bonheur de vivre (The Joy of Life), 1905.
Gertrude Stein bought this painting, one of the most avant-garde pieces ever created, an acknowledged masterpiece, and it was thought that that fact irritated the young Picasso . . .
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Pablito, 26, an immigrant, ambitious and so very stubborn, locks himself in his studio and comes out with one of the most avant-garde pieces ever created, an acknowledged masterpiece:
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, 1907
Women.
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I briefly lived near Carrer d’Avinyó, and was amused to learn that this painting’s name refers to that street, not the French city.
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