Owl inspired Pablo Picasso
Owl inspired Pablo Picasso
Noteworthy, Picasso brought with him to Paris a little owl from a resort town of Antibes. According to Memories of Francoise Gilot, he found it with a broken foot in the Chateau Grimaldi. Meanwhile, Picasso cured it and then kept in a cage in the kitchen of his apartment in Paris on the Great Augustinian street, along with pigeons and a canary. Large round eyes of owl reminded Picasso his own, however, the trail of superstitions attributed to owls, inspired in him a mystical feeling toward the bird. Indeed, he painted it, created sculpture, and made a great variety of owl ceramics. Besides, there are a few photos in which Picasso poses with his owl, and captured next to his owl art.
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