biography of Francis PICABIA (1879-1953)
Personal data
Birth : 01/22/1879 - Paris, France
Death : 11/30/1953 - Paris, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France - Spain
Representatives
Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Theo Waddington Fine Art – 6 Masons Yard, St. Jame’s – London, United Kingdom
Education
Friend of Marie LAURENCIN [ 1883-1956 ]
Académie Humbert – Paris, France
Friend of Georges BRAQUE 乔治•布拉克 [ 1882-1963 ]
Ecole du Louvre – Palais du Louvre Place du Carrousel – Paris, France
1901 : ENSAD Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – 31 rue d’Ulm – Paris, France
1897 : ENSAD Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – 31 rue d’Ulm – Paris, France
Pupil of / student of Fernand CORMON [ 1845-1924 ]
Professional data
Work and Life
1951:Brain haemorrhage
1944:Political problems after the Liberation of France
1940:Marries Olga Mohler, France
1925 – 1944:Lives and works in Mougins, France
1920:Meets André Breton
1919:Meets Tristan Tzara, Zürich, Switzerland
1919:Back to Paris, France
1918:Travels to the USA
1916:Travels to the USA
1914:Army calls him up
1913:Meets photographer Alfred Stieglitz, New York NY, USA
1911:Meets Marcel Duchamp
1909:Marries Gabrielle Buffet, and travels to Spain
1897:Moves to Switzerland
Friend of Man Ray
Friend of Max Ernst
Friend of André Masson
Honorary degree
1950
1950 : Légion d’honneur , Officier – Paris, France
1933
1933 : Légion d’honneur , Chevalier – Paris, France
Other professions
Poet
Writer
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : Engraving 
Drawing-Watercolor : Collage - Gouache - Indian ink/paper - Watercolour Subject
nudelandscape
portrait
urbanism
Artistic periods
1912 : Cubism manner1909 : Abstract manner
1905 : Fauvism manner
1893-1909 : Postimpressionnist manner
Movements and styles
1920 : DadaismGolden Section
Lyrical Abstraction
Orphism
Cubism
Fauvism
Surrealism
Post-Impressionism
Academic Style
9695 no label [en]
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris – Paris, France
11/16/2002 – 03/16/2003
1998
Rétrospective
Galerie Beaubourg – Vence, France
1998
1996
Rétrospective
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1996
1990
Francis Picabia. Collection Suzanne romain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1990
1988
Retrospective
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1988
Retrospective
Galerie Neuendorf – Frankfurt, Germany
1988
1986
Rétrospective
Musée des Beaux Arts – Nîmes, France
1986
1985
Retrospective
Centre Cultural de la Fundació “la Caixa” – Barcelona, Spain
1985
1984
Retrospective
Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
1984
1983
Retrospective
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1983
Retrospective
Kunsthalle – Düsseldorf, Germany
1983
1976
Rétrospective
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
1976
1973
Retrospective
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus – Munich, Germany
1973
1970
Retrospective
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
1970
1962
Rétrospective
Musée Cantini – Marseille, France
1962
1949
Rétrospective
Galerie René Drouin – Paris, France
1949
1946
Sur-irréalisme
Galerie Denise René – Paris, France
1946
1942
Art of this Century – New York NY, United States
1942
1934
Valentin Gallery – New York NY, United States
1934
1922
Sala Dalmau – Barcelona, Spain
1922
1916
Modern Gallery – New York NY, United States
1916
1915
Gallery 291 of Alfred Stieglitz – New York NY, United States
1915
1913
Gallery 291 of Alfred Stieglitz – New York NY, United States
1913
1905
Galerie Haussmann – Paris, France
1905
1903
Galerie Haussmann – Paris, France
1903
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Timothy Baum – New York NY, United States
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Salis & Vertes – Alter Markt 8 – Salzburg, Austria
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art Attitude – 17/19 Rue Gambetta – Nancy, France
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Patrice Trigano – 4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Patrice Trigano – 4 bis rue des Beaux-Arts – Paris, France
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Marion Meyer – 15, rue Guénégaud – Paris, France
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France
pAn Amsterdam
RAI – Parkhal – Amsterdam, Netherlands
09/30/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Gallery Lasés – 14, Avenue Matignon – Paris, France
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Rachel Adler Fine Art – 1200 Broadway – New York NY, United States
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : Vivita Gallery – Via Gulcciardini 12 – Florence FI, Italy
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Springer & Winckler Galerie – Fasanenstrasse 13 – Berlin, Germany
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Levy – C Lopez de Hoyos, 38 – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Springer Berlin – Fasanen Strasse 13 – Berlin, Germany
1919
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1919
1913
The Armory Show – International Fair of New Art
New York NY, United States
1913
1910
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1910
1903
Salon d’Automne
Paris, France
1903
1895
Salon des Artistes Français
Paris, France
1895
1894
Salon des Artistes Français
Paris, France
1894
Group exhibitions
2004
Muse
Kent Gallery – New York NY, United States
02/08/2004 – 03/27/2004
A Triple Alliance
Sperone Westwater Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/09/2004 – 02/21/2004
2003
Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003
2002
Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002
Cher peintre – Peintures figuratives depuis l’ultime Picabia
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
06/12/2002 – 09/02/2002
La generación del 14 : Entre el novecentismo y la vanguardia (1906-1926)
Fundación Cultural MAPFRE Vida – Madrid, Spain
04/16/2002 – 06/16/2002
París-Barcelona
Museu Picasso / Museo Picasso – Barcelona, Spain
02/28/2002 – 05/26/2002
1979
Paris Moscou
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1979
1948
Non-figuration psychique
Galerie Colette Allendy – Paris, France
1948
1936
Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
12/07/1936 – 01/07/1937
1912
Le Groupe de la Section d’Or
Galerie La Boetie – Paris, France
1912
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Periodicals
2003
ADAMS Brooks – Picabia, the New Paradigm
in: Art in America n° 3 p. 84
New York NY, United States
03/2003
2002
J-C.P. – Francis Picabia, pionnier de “l’esprit moderne”
in: Livres Hebdo n° 486 p. 28
Paris, France
18/10/2002
GAUDIN Diane – L’esprit libre
in: Art Actuel n° 23 p. 32
Paris, France
11/2002-12/2002
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