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  1. Francis Picabia, 1912, La Source ( The Spring ), oil on canvas, 249.6 × 249.3 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Exhibited at the 1912 Salon d'Automne, Paris. Francis Picabia was born in Paris of a French mother and a Cuban father of Spanish descent. Some sources would have his father as of aristocratic Spanish descent, whereas others ...

  2. Introduction 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.

  3. Francis Picabia was born in 1879 in Paris, the only child of a Cuban-born Spaniard, Francisco Vicente Martinez Picabia, and a Frenchwoman, Marie Cecile Davanne. Both his parents came from prominent European families, and Picabia was raised in an affluent household.

    • French
    • January 22, 1879
    • Paris, France
    • November 30, 1953
  4. Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja]; born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia, 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in ...

    • French
    • January 22, 1879
    • Paris, France
    • November 30, 1953
  5. Apr 2, 2024 · Francis Picabia was a French painter, illustrator, designer, writer, and editor, who was successively involved with the art movements Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism. Picabia was the son of a Cuban diplomat father and a French mother. After studying at the École des Arts Décoratifs (1895–97), he

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  7. 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. When considering the many styles that Picabia painted in, observers have described his career ...

  8. Mar 8, 2023 · Francis Picabia (1879-1953), Untitled, 1930-33. Oil on canvas. 21¾ x 18¼ in (55 x 46.1 cm). Sold for €315,000 on 4 April 2023 at Christie’s in Paris. The series began in the late 1920s while the artist was living in the south of France, and was interpreted as a critique of the frivolous lifestyles of the inhabitants of the Côte d’Azur.

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