©Pablo Picasso - The Luncheon on the Grass 1962

Picasso The Luncheon on the Grass 1962
The Luncheon on the Grass
1962 53x64cm linoleum cut
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

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From Museum of Modern Art, New York:
Like many artists, Picasso looked to the history of art for inspiration. From the late 1940s to the early 1960s he focused with particular intensity on individual works by past masters, making variations in painting, drawing, sculpture, and prints. The work of these historic figures had a catalytic impact on Picasso at a time when contemporary art—the various forms of Abstract Expressionism, for example—was going in directions counter to his own aesthetic concerns.
The painting Luncheon on the Grass by Édouard Manet was the starting point for an extensive series by Picasso, including twenty–seven paintings, one hundred and fifty drawings, eighteen maquettes, and five prints.