Picasso dies at 91 in France estate after famed career
Spanish born revolutionary Pablo Picasso dies at his walled estate overlooking the Mediterranean after a heart attack linked to lung fluid. Widow Jacqueline and business manager Armando Anteby discuss funeral plans as the artist had just prepared a major Avignon show of 201 paintings since 1970.
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Picasso Death Triggers Global Tributes From Art World
Prominent figures including William S. Rubin Henry Moore Sir John Rothenstein and Anne D Harnoncourt laud Picasso as a 20th century genius whose inventive vision reshaped modern art. The painter’s death prompts reflections on his long career from Paris to Philadelphia and his vow never to return to Spain while Franco ruled.
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