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Musée Picasso, Paris, France | |
| The artist's own collection of works—his own, and those of other artists he knew and admired—are in this splendid museum, but it is presently closed for renovation until 2012. | ||
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When Pablo Picasso died in 1973, he left an outstanding collection of his paintings, his "personal favorites" numbering some 5000 items, behind. The collection was worth a fortune, and so were the French inheritance taxes on it (Picasso was a resident of France). An arrangement was made by Picasso's estate to donate the paintings, in lieu of taxes, to a new museum to be established in a renovated mansion called the Hôtel Salé, built in 1656 in Le Marais. The Hôtel Salé is now a mecca for Picasso-lovers, housing the greatest collection of the artist's works anywhere in the world. Besides the artist's own paintings, sculptures, ceramics, engravings, and sketches, which number in the thousands, the museum also displays works by Picasso's favorite painters, including Cézanne, Braque, and Matisse. Musée
Picasso Métro: St-Paul, St-Sébastien Froissart, or Chemin Vert
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Detail, Picasso
Museum interior,
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