In 1956 Pablo Picasso began a little known collaboration with François Hugo, a descendant of Victor Hugo, that resulted in the making of a series of plates and dishes being made in silver. This talk discusses that collaboration, which is now the most documented of any of Picasso’s collaborations. It will also look at the two collaborators’ different attitudes to the work and what those attitudes led to especially in Hugo’s case.
About the lecturer
Dr Clare Finn ACR first trained as a conservator of paintings, studying in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. She was a consultant to Sotheby’s Impressionist and odern Art department for 30 years and undertook work in several European countries as well as India and Philippines. Simultaneously she trained as a jeweller at Sir John Cass and the Royal College of Art where she undertook her doctorate on Picasso’s Decorative Metalwork. Clare has contributed to exhibitions in France, Belgium and Spain and published on her research in Apollo and the Burlington Magazine. She is a member of the Picasso Bronze Project along with staff at the Musée National Picasso, Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Image: Atelier Hugo Archive ©
