“It is not sufficient to know an artist’s works – it is also necessary to know when he did them, why, how, under what circumstances… Someday there will undoubtedly be a science – it may be called the science of man – which will seek to learn more about man in general through the study of creative man. I often think about such a science, and I want to leave to posterity a documentation that will be as complete as possible. That’s why I put a date on everything I do.” – Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso’s inspiration for his Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) that signaled the dawn of modern art was from Paleolithic masks in the Altamira Cave, Cantabria, Spain.

The inspiration for Pablo Picasso’s Night Fishing at Antibes (1939) was a Paleolithic mask in the Altamira Cave, Cantabria, Spain.

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Was the first art constructed by the hands of people or did we identify art in the world around us? Consider Pablo Picasso’s revelation about humanity from the Paleolithic Cave of Altamira and a more recent intriguing observation.

The evidence shows that Pablo Picasso’s masks in his Les Demoiselles d’Avignon were not copied from African masks. They are instead found at the Spanish Cave of Altamira.

Hour English/Spanish presentation examining the method of Pablo Picasso’s genius. This includes a close examination of his Paleolithic cave art sources for Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Guernica and other cubism works.

Hour presentation exploring the genius of Pablo Picasso. This includes a close examination of his Paleolithic cave art sources for Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Guernica and other cubism works.