PABLO PICASSO Spanish, 1881-1973

Dellasposa is pleased to be participating in the fourth edition of Eye of the Collector, showcasing exceptional works of art by David Bailey, Antony Micallef, Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Howard Hodgkin,

Eye of the Collector, London, is a unique fair that offers a curated presentation of art and design for sale in dialogue with beautiful architectural surroundings. The art fair works with a roster of internationally acclaimed galleries to ensure quality and provenance of every work presented.

The 2024 edition of Eye of the Collector will take place in a new venue at the beautiful Grade II listed Garrison Chapel at the Chelsea Barracks, the fair offers a unique environment in which to appreciate and acquire works by both emerging and established 20th and 21st Century artists and designers.

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Dellasposa Gallery is pleased to present Modern Mavericks. The exhibition explores the work of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse and the indelible mark they left upon British modernism through the artists Patrick Heron, Patrick Caulfield, and William Scott.

Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse stand at the heart of modernism as they cross the frontier between figurative art and abstraction in their unique quests for new aesthetic expression. The exhibition traces the ways the British artists engaged with a much deeper and more varied appreciation of the modern masters than is widely understood, by drawing a comparison with Picasso's metamorphosis of style and Matisse's use of colour and pure line.

Formed between dialogue of European pictorial tradition and culture of modernity, the British artists were inspired by the avant-garde while reinterpreting visual language to express their own progressive form of abstraction. Among the British artists for whom the work of Picasso and Matisse proved significant stimulus, Terry Frost, Patrick Heron, Patrick Caulfield, and William Scott - all associated with St Ives in Cornwall - emerged as a dynamic force.

Picasso was a maverick in every sense - his evolution of subject and style was never absorbed by one influence. While he pioneered many of the most significant movements in the twentieth, his aesthetic and profound sensibility was so unique and distinctive that it still remains triumphant today. Yet without Picasso - or the equally brilliant Matisse - the story of British modernism that follows would have been quite different.

Modern Mavericks presents a collection of original limited edition prints, works on paper, and paintings. The exhibition is curated with the view that works of art are influenced not only by more extensive cultural and philosophical developments but also by idiosyncratic qualities and disposition of the artist whose unique aesthetic eye informs what they create.