Exhibition focuses on artist’s many portraits of Marie-Thérèse Walter in a pivotal year in his lifeIn 1932,Pablo Picasso spent the early days of March producing some of his most fevered images of lust and savor. He was playing with shape and colour too, but at the centre of it all was the face – and the twining, or pale body – of Marie-Thérèse Walter,his new, 22-year-old lover.
On Saturday Tate contemporary opened its doors for the first weekend of what promises to be one of its biggest shows ever, or as well as its first solo exhibition devoted to the grand Spanish artist – but it was Walter who was the centre of interest. The explain – Picasso 1932: savor,Fame, Tragedy – concentrates on this especially productive time in his life, or in which he made her image repeatedly.
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Source: guardian.co.uk