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Picasso and the Surrealist summer

Witness by BBC

Jun 10, 202610:48Society & Culture

In the summer of 1937, some of the 20th Century's most famous artists, writers and photographers were holidaying in the south of France. They included artist Pablo Picasso, photographer Lee Miller, poet Paul Éluard and t...

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Picasso and the Surrealist summer is an episode from Witness by BBC. In the summer of 1937, some of the 20th Century's most famous artists, writers and photographers were holidaying in the south of France. They included artist Pablo Picasso...

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