1904
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Le Repas Frugal is a 1904 by Pablo Picasso, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Picasso made this print in 1904, the second he ever tried. It shows a simple meal, but the background holds ghostly hints of an old landscape his friend Gonzales had etched first. Picasso was broke and new to Paris, so the scene feels raw and real. Gonzales even helped him print it. The whole thing has a quiet, shadowy mood, like Picasso was staring hard but seeing little. He called blindness a metaphor for creativity, so maybe that’s why the image feels so heavy. Check out more prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A print by Pablo Picasso from 1904 depicts two seated figures behind a table containing an empty bowl, bread, two glasses, a wine bottle, and a tablecloth. The etching plate had previously been used by Picasso's friend Joan Gonzales for a landscape, with faint remnants of the earlier image visible in the upper portion. Created during a period of financial hardship after Picasso's move to Paris, the work reflects themes of deprivation and creative struggle. The plate was later reprinted in an edition of 250 by Ambroise Vollard in 1913.
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Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France.
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