On October 23, 11 of Picasso's paintings were auctioned in Las Vegas and sold out in 45 minutes for more than $100 million.
For this sky-high artist, this price may not be in line with his work, and on May 13, his "Woman Sitting by the Window" sold for 660 million yuan in just 19 minutes!
Picasso, The Woman Sitting by the Window
On the Ali auction platform, the starting price of his "Happy Clown" was positioned at 120,000 yuan, which was jokingly called "pro-people price" by netizens.
Why are his works so expensive? Is it true to the name or is it the pleasure of the rich?
Pablo. Ruiz. Picasso, born in Spain, has long been engaged in artistic activities in France, and is a member of the French Communist Party. Under the cage of tradition, choosing innovation and opening the way to the future, he is the founder of modern art, a representative of modern painting in the West, and his "Avignon Girl" created in 1907 is the first work considered to have Cubist tendencies, and is a landmark masterpiece. It not only marked a major turning point in Picasso's personal artistic journey, but also a revolutionary breakthrough in the history of modern western art. This painting in the next ten years actually led to an unprecedented development of French Cubist painting, not only that, his influence even extended to literature, music, stage design and other fields.
The Avignon Girls
Perhaps people are imperfect, such a great artist, his private life is chaotic, and there are countless lovers, one after another. Countless women regarded him as a believer and bore him many children.
Picasso believed that women were the victims of his paintings, but also the inspiration for his creations, so these lovers were almost all models when he painted, and the more famous of the lovers was Frances, because she was the only woman who took the initiative to leave Picasso, and after leaving Picasso, boldly disclosed the chaos of Picasso's private life and the irritability of life.
In addition, Picasso smoked opium and drank heavily all day. However, he also actively participated in the anti-fascist war and firmly supported democracy.
This raises the question, when we treat an artist or writer, should we look at the work separately from the person, ignore the unbearable life, the flaws of the character, or if the character is not good, then his work should also be discarded as a weed? I think there's an answer in everyone's heart.