Jun 22 2023
Picasso. Landscape. Revolution.: A lecture by Laurence Madeline, guest curator of Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds

Picasso. Landscape. Revolution.: A lecture by Laurence Madeline, guest curator of Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds

Presented by Cincinnati Art Museum at Cincinnati Art Museum

Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7–8 p.m.

Fath Auditorium
Free for members, $20 general public, $5 students

Landscape was always part of Pablo Picasso’s body of work, from his training as a young adolescent capable of spending weeks at a time in the Andalusian and Catalonian countryside drawing hills, trees, and farms right up to the monumental Landscape of 1972, one of the last paintings he created.

Picasso was attached to his landscapes. The suggestion that landscape was incongruous, outlawed, or indeed anachronistic in a body of work so poignantly human, so entirely of the twentieth century, did not come from him. Picasso exhibited, published, and commented on his landscapes, and at least 20 appeared regularly in retrospective exhibitions held during his lifetime and in the monographs and articles devoted to him.

Laurence Madeline discusses the role of landscape in Picasso’s work, analyzing key works and presenting years of research and thought that has culminated in Picasso Landscapes: Out of Bounds.

About the Speaker:

Chief Curator for French Heritage Laurence Madeline is the Director of the museums of the city of Besançon. Formerly chief curator at the Picasso Museum, Paris, Madeline has curated several exhibitions featuring the art of Picasso for the national museums of France, including Les archives Picasso: «On est ce que l’on garde» (2003); Picasso Ingres (2004); Picasso et les «Déjeuners sur l’herbe» d’Édouard Manet (2008); Picasso à l’œuvre: dans l’objectif de David Douglas Duncan (2012); Picasso 1932 (2017). Madeline has written extensively about Picasso, including studies of his correspondences with Gertrude Stein and Salvador Dalí. She recently published a biography of Marie-Thérèse Walter (Marie-Thérèse Walter et Pablo Picasso: biographie d’une relation, Scala, 2022) and a book on eight companions of Picasso (Picasso. 8 femmes, Hazan, 2023).

Admission Info

If you have questions about the lecture, please email lectures@cincyart.org.

If you need accessibility accommodations for this program or event, please email access@cincyart.org in advance to ensure accommodations can be made.

Phone: (513) 721-2787

Email: lectures@cincyart.org

Dates & Times

2023/06/22 - 2023/06/22

Location Info

Cincinnati Art Museum

953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Parking Info

Parking: FREE. Bike Racks are available outside the Main Entrance of the Art Museum. Hook up to one of our Marcel Duchamp-inspired racks during your visit! Accessible Parking is available in our north parking lot, just past the main visitor parking lot and entrance. Wheelchair + Stroller Entry is available via our DeWitt Entrance, on the east side of the museum, near the accessible parking. Access to the Mary R. Schiff Library + Archives is available via our Castellini Foundation Entrance, just to the right of the main entrance on the west side of the building.