This was the 2022 Picasso exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Madrid)

Picasso returns to his first artistic home with “Picasso: faces and figures"A exposure that gathers 58 works of the artist that revolve around your facet as a portraitist.

And he does it in one of the rooms of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando where the master studied 125 years ago.

In this exhibition you can see some of the jewels that the Royal Academy, portraits ranging from the early years of cubism, until his late creations already in maturity.

They are joined by unique works from the Beyeler Foundation from Basel in Switzerland, one of the most important private museums in the world dedicated to the work of the genius from Malaga.

In total, seven paintings, 45 prints and three drawings are on display, along with a sculpture from the academic collections, works that can now be seen for the first time in 25 years.

You can visit these exhibitions until May's 15 in the heart of Madrid, in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San FernandoWhere Picasso He studied for almost a year, like another genius, Salvador Dalí.

Exhibition “Picasso: faces and figures” at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts

"Woman “(1907) is the first work that greets us upon entering the exposure, coming from the Beyeler Foundation.

It is considered the previous work on which it was later based.The young ladies of Avignon”, the painting with which the starting signal is given to the cubism or "The woman who cries”From 1937.

Other Picasso treasures also stand out, such as “The frugal food" or "Vallard Suite".

Along with them, “Bust of woman with hat","Woman sitting in an armchair”, in addition to some of his etchings such as “Painter between his two models" or "Sculptor before his sculpture".

Also essential is the oil on canvas from 1972 “man head”, also a long-term loan from the Beyeler Foundation.

In the middle of the exhibition the bronze bust stands “Woman's Head”From 1941.

The bullfighting world is represented with aquatint "The wounded picador"lithography"Three women and bullfighter” and linocut “Bull poster in Vallauris”, all from the 50s.

Almost fifty years after his death, the Ra thus pays a loving tribute to one of its most illustrious members, with a retrospective in which all of the artist's techniques can be seen.

Picasso, student of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando

If someone wanted to be an artist in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they had to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, riding a Madrid.

A place of reference, as his own father explained to Picasso, who entered the institution on October 14, 1897, although he only spent a year studying in the capital because health problems forced him to return to Barcelona.

But the experience and training received left their mark on his career.

He himself told his life of those months in which he escaped to walk through the Retiro, or to the Museo del Prado to combine the teachings of the famous institution.

Picasso He was a good student, in fact, he was quickly admitted to the Royal Academy, where one learned to copy directly from the originals, to paint with charcoal, and the casting technique, with plasters to make sculptures that the artist would later apply to many of his works.

The man from Malaga was chosen Honorary Academic in October 1971, two years before his death.

The gallery owner Ernst beyeler It became friends with Picasso in the 50s, a friendship that led the Swiss to organize numerous exhibitions and sales of numerous of the genius's works.

La Beyeler Gallery He has held up to 11 monographic exhibitions on Picasso.

Schedules and prices of the Picasso exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts

La Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando is in the Alcalá street 13, Together with the Puerta del Sol.

The Visiting hours for the Picasso exhibition at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts They are, from Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 20 p.m., and on Sundays, from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m., with closure on Mondays.

El Picasso exhibition ticket price It is 5 euros, and with the same you can also visit the museum with the permanent collection.