Muse: The Women of Picasso
What if we could hear their story?
Muse: The Women of Picasso tells the story of the portraits created by the legendary painter of his wives, lovers, daughters and... Gertrude Stein. Set in a portrait gallery, the paintings finally get a chance to tell THEIR story.
Our Story... Their Story
In 2017, Caitlin visited the National Portrait Gallery in London to see an exhibit of Picasso's work. A lover of art history, she was familiar with his work and different styles, but this exhibit struck her in a different way... She began to ask questions about who these women were and how they were all drawn to be drawn by a man who seemed to steal the life from them while he immortalized them for the world. A world that would know their images, but forget their names.
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Told from the perspective of his friend and sometimes subject, Gertrude Stein, we are introduced to the women and their stories.
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What would happen if these paintings could tell us what they saw? What would happen if these paintings could sing?
