| Pablo
Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and was
to become the most famous, versatile, prolific
and influential artist of the 20th Century.
The son of a painting and drawing teacher,
he was remarkably precocious, mastering
academic draughtsmanship when still a child.
By the 1920s Picasso had established himself
as a world famous painter and his reputation
and status continued to grow throughout
his lifetime.
It is our good fortune that Picasso had
such a great love of printmaking. By the
time he died in 1973 he had produced a substantial
body of original etchings, lithographs and
linocuts, which rank with the greatest prints
of the 20th Century. While the ownership
of an original painting is, for the majority
of us, out of the question, his original
prints made in |
