Norton Simon Museum of Art (Venue Partner)
411 West Colorado Blvd
626-449-6840
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Woman with a Book, 1932 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation, F.1969.38.10.P © 2009 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Saturday Feb 20, 2010 (4pm)
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Directions: Located on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado at the intersection of the 210 and 134 freeways
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In the early 20th century, portraiture took on an important role among the avant-garde, partly because its scope was restricted to private circles of intimates and to self-portraiture. Liberated from the need to work within a patronage system, such artists as Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti successfully adapted the portrait to their own expressive needs. Their efforts made the early 20th century a surprising time for the flourishing of this conventional, even hidebound, genre. The limited role that modernist artists assigned to the portrait gave way in the later 20th century to new explorations of portraiture’s potential for re-engagement with the world beyond, as identity politics, social movements and scientific research into the unseen determinants of human identity gave greater relevance to the rendering of the face and figure in art. John Klein, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, Washington University in St. Louis
