What really happened in the Bateau Lavoir? Picasso in 1900s Paris
Mon 06 Mar
|Widcombe Social Club
The poverty, crowds, artists and performers of Paris transformed Picasso from a precocious, talented teenager into a charismatic leader of the young Turks. Together with his intensely disturbing “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”, he almost single-handedly unleashed the 20th century's cultural revolution.
Time & Location
06 Mar 2023, 11:30 – 12:30
Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath BA2 6AA, UK
About the Event
Lecturer Hilary Guise
Location Hybrid (in-person and online)
While Picasso lived in a leaky old piano factory called ‘Le Bateau Lavoir’ in Montmartre the poverty, crowds, artists and performers of Paris transformed him from a precocious, talented teenager into a charismatic leader of the young Turks and, together with his intensely disturbing “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”, he almost single-handedly unleashed the cultural revolution of the 20th century.
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Hybrid Format
This lecture will be delivered in a hybrid format – you can attend via Zoom from your home and in person at the Widcombe Social Club.