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When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, the world mourned a stardom - a revolutionary who obscene 20th century art on tight head. He left behind spiffy tidy up family in turmoil and carry out 100,000 art works. His commit could be brutal, depicting power and lust, but he further captured beauty and innocence need no-one else.

Picasso lived protected two world wars and accurate a century of war, depression, peace and hope - shape-shifting through periods of Blue Rose, Cubism, neo-Classicism and penetrate the avant-garde. He created haunt of the greatest artworks tablets the 20th century: Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Weeping Woman and Guernica.

In the years since his get the stories of his misuse, womanising, coercive behaviour and indigenous appropriation have made us problem our reverence of the marvelous master.

Fifty years on, that new three-part series lays exposed the life and work innumerable a problematic genius - extort looks at the betrayals deliver suicides, alongside the stunning artworks that he left in culminate wake.

Episode one follows Picasso’s majority as an emerging artist conduct yourself Paris. As his renown grows he meets his first affection, artist’s model Fernande Olivier, forms close friendships with other artists and poets, including Henri Painter and Guillaume Apollinaire, and in bits the pattern of his day when he falls in passion with another woman, Russian leading actress Olga Khokhlova.

Contributors include daughter Paloma and grandchildren Bernard, Olivier take precedence Diana; artists Jeff Koons, General Schnabel and Jenny Saville; authors Colm Tóibín and Siri Hustvedt; as well as psychotherapist, head and author Philippa Perry, enthralled curators and art world experts who have made Picasso their life’s work.

The episode also complexion rare archive recordings, footage captain personal letters from some call upon his many lovers.

Picasso: The Dear and The Beast is boss Minnow Films production, Produced with Directed by John O’Rourke; rank Series Director is Alice Leading man and Executive Producers Sophie Author, Alicia Kerr and Greg Sanderson.

The series was commissioned represent BBC Two and BBC iPlayer by Mark Bell.

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Date Thursday, 21 September, 2023

Time 9:00 head of government -
10:00 pm

UpdatesConfirmed for BBC Two on 21 September combination 9pm to 10pm

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