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Francis Picabia lived in the XIX – XX cent., a remarkable figure of French Dada and Surrealism. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- French
- January 22, 1879
- Paris, France
- November 30, 1953
Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja]: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist closely associated with Dada.
Learn about the life and career of Francis Picabia, a French artist who experimented with various styles and media, from Impressionism to Dada to abstraction. Explore his paintings, exhibitions, publications, and media at MoMA.
Explore the diverse and inventive work of Francis Picabia, a French painter and writer who was a central figure of the Dada movement. See his abstract, figurative, and text-based paintings that reflect his playful and anarchic spirit.
- French
- January 22, 1879
- Paris, France
- November 30, 1953
- Elizabeth Berry
- Francis Picabia: Women with Bulldog, 1941. Though Francis Picabia enjoyed great success with the Transparencies series, he eventually followed his pattern and moved on to other artistic styles.
- The Most Famous Transparency Piece: Aello, 1930. While many of Francis Picabia’s Transparencies enjoyed success both during and after his lifetime, his 1930 painting Aello is arguably the most famous one.
- A Dark and Striking Transparency: Otaïti, 1930. Though Pavonia was a part of Transparency which involved vibrant colors, many of Francis Picabia’s pieces in this series were comprised of much darker tones.
- A Piece with Incredible Value: Francis Picabia’s Pavonia, 1929. By the time he created Pavonia in 1929, Francis Picabia was deeply involved in Surrealist art and was creating his Transparencies series.
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From the 1920s until his death in 1953, Picabia’s art and life went through a number of dramatic shifts—from figurative painting to abstraction and back again, to name but one—appropriate for this most protean member of the avant-garde.
Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja]: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist closely associated with Dada.
