{"id":27607,"date":"2025-04-09T22:40:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T21:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27607"},"modified":"2025-04-10T21:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T20:05:57","slug":"art-books-picasso-printmaker-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27607","title":{"rendered":"ART\/BOOKS: Picasso Printmaker, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"751\" height=\"863\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27584\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4.jpg 751w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Arrived today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"155\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stars_10_five-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27036\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stars_10_five-1-2.jpg 155w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/stars_10_five-1-2-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 155px) 100vw, 155px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I almost forgot to post this, such was the overwhelming fun I was having with my own original art efforts! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But today, this new (and only recently published) book arrived. Companion to a recent British Museum exhibition, that I tragically missed. Well, at least I\u2019ve got the book!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"767\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27586\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-1.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-1-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fabulous!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Above, one of the better known works in this publication. As ever, with Picasso, the rich diversity and rampant fecundity of his work are truly staggering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27588\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nice colours.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s amazing how Picasso takes in whole traditions of art &#8211; rather like a Bacchic Epicurean, drinking in great draughts of wine &#8211; imbibing whole cultures in great lusty swigs. It\u2019s truly astonishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27598\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-1-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Terrific.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes, as in the black and white pair of prints above, it\u2019s only in the presence of the images, and I mean even just in their book form (doubtless much better still \u2018in the flesh\u2019), that their impact can really be felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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height=\"696\" data-id=\"27600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-1.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-1-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-1-768x523.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"27602\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-6.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-6-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-6-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"743\" height=\"863\" data-id=\"27601\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5.jpg 743w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-5-258x300.jpg 258w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"767\" data-id=\"27603\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-7.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1023\" height=\"767\" data-id=\"27604\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-8-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"27605\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-9.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-9-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"27606\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-10-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I haven\u2019t read any of the text yet, to speak of. But I already love the book. Based purely on my passion for Picasso. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What an artist he was! And what a source of inspiration he is, to me. Pablo Ruiz Picasso\u2026 I love you, forever!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I almost forgot to post this, such was the overwhelming fun I was having with my own original art efforts! But today, this new (and only recently published) book arrived. Companion to a recent British Museum exhibition, that I tragically missed. Well, at least I\u2019ve got the book! Above, one of the better known works &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=27607\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;ART\/BOOKS: Picasso Printmaker, 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-7bh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27607"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27612,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27607\/revisions\/27612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}