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In 1957 Picasso painted a series of views from the window of his studio at La Californie, with pigeons clustered about and the sea and sky in the distance. During this phase of his career he seemed to be measuring himself against the art of the past, and the series was done about the same time as his ambitious Las Meninas cycle.
The Pigeons, Cannes belongs to the tradition of painting associated with artists such as Matisse and Bonnard, much of whose work evokes the physical pleasures and sunlit happiness of southern climes. Matisse created a number of pictures with brilliantly colourful views through open windows, seen from a cool, dark interior.
After Matisse's death in 1954 Picasso is reported to have said 'I have to paint for both of us now.' But even in The Pigeons Picasso's more restless spirit has not been subdued.
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