I've been looking at a great many art images for (shameless plug here) DorianGreyed's Gifts, and came across a Picasso that I have never seen before. It reminded me of how little we who come later understand artists. We see Picasso as this little old man who painted some really strange (beautiful, but strange) paintings. We forget that he was once a vibrant young man, full of life and emotion. (We also forget that his last affair started when he was 61...with a 21 year-old woman. It lasted over 9 years. Paloma, Picasso's last child, was born in 1949, when Picasso was 68.)
Below are three Picasso self-portraits, done when he was 19 years old. Look at his eyes.
(Another shameless plug) Yes, these images will be on different products in the gift shop before the week-end is out.
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