Paris - Picasso Museum Musée Picasso

Room 1: Early years, the Blue Period (1895- 1903). Room 2: From the Rose Period to the "Demoiselles d'Avignon" (1904-06). Room 3: From the "Demoiselles d'Avignon" to the beginnings of Cubism (1907-17). Room 4: Cubism (1910-17). Room 5: Picasso's private collection, which was displayed in the Louvre from 1978 to 1985. Room 6: Classical Period (1918-24). Room 7: On the fringes of Surrealism; a period of change (1925-29). Room 8: Picasso as a graphic artist. Room 9: Women Bathing (1928-31). Room 10: Boisgeloup (1930-35). Room 11: Bullfighting, Crucifixion, Fighting the Minotaur (1930s). Room 12: "Women at their Toilet" (1938). Sculpture Garden: Sculpture 1929-50. Room 13: The Muses (1930s). Room 14: Ceramics. Room 15: From "Guernica" to the war (1935-39). Room 16: War and Liberation (1940- 47). Room 17: Picasso and Literature. Room 18: Vallauris (1948-54). Room 19: Cannes, Vauvenargues (1955-61). Room 20: Final period (1961-73).

In the selection of the works to be shown, in which Dominique Bozo took the leading place, the aim was to display the whole spectrum of Picasso's creative work and at the same time to reveal all the various artistic styles which he practiced and influenced in the course of his life. In no other museum in the world is such a wide range of an artist's work to be found and the course of his development illustrated in such a complete and balanced manner.

The interior of the Hôtel Salé (carefully restored by Roland Simounet) has rich stucco decoration. The visit begins with Picasso's "Man with a Lamb". In harmony with the architecture and rich ornament of the mansion, the old figurative decoration and the furniture by Diego Giacometto, the 20 rooms of the museum illustrate Picasso's development from his Blue Period to his latest work such as "Old Man, Seated" (1970-71).