We are very honoured to be able to present an exhibition of
original Picasso prints, here at the John Leach Gallery. The
exhibition will comprise 60 prints - a mixture of
lithographs, etchings and pochoir. All prints are available
to buy and prices start from £450.
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881 and was to become
the most famous, versatile, prolific and influential artist
of the 20th Century. The son of a painting and drawing
master, he was remarkably precocious, mastering academic
draughtsmanship when still a child. By the 1920s Picasso had
established himself as a world famous painter and from that
time on his reputation and status continued to grow.
It is our good fortune that Picasso had such a great love of
printmaking. By the time he died in 1973 he had produced a
substantial body of original etchings, lithographs and
linocuts, which rank with the greatest prints of the 20th
Century. While the ownership of an original painting is, for
the majority of us, out of the question, his original prints
made in comparatively small editions are still relatively
accessible.
