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On Sunday 13 July, the Tempo Half Marathon will begin and end at Compton Verney.

Please note that we are still open to visitors on this day, however there will be a rolling road block in the morning, and the site may be busier than usual due to this event so please allow yourself more time to travel.

Picasso on Paper

15 October 2016 – 11 December 2016

About the
exhibition

This exhibition brought fresh attention to Pablo Picasso’s brilliantly inventive career as a printmaker. More than 70 works from Dusseldorf’s Museum Kunstpalast reveal Picasso’s remarkable ability to explore different media and creative techniques, offering a glimpse into the artist’s intimate and passionate domestic relationships. Picasso regarded printmaking as every inch an important art form as painting. So much so that he created over 2000 prints during his lifetime. He received no formal training in the craft, but acquired great skill on his own volition and under the tutelage of others.

This show – with works dating from the 1920s to the 1960s – traced Picasso experiments with technique and subject matter in various media, including etching, lithography, aquatint and linocut. Taking the visitor on a journey through four decades of his work, thematically grouped to give a greater understanding of his relationships with several subjects – including family, bullfighting and mythology. Picasso on Paper is complemented by eight ceramics that he created in association with the Madoura pottery near Antibes in Provence.