Sources
What this site is built on — and where every image comes from.
Reference works
- John Richardson, A Life of Picasso (volumes I–III, 1991–2007) — the standard biography.
- Musée national Picasso-Paris — collection and chronology: museepicassoparis.fr.
- The Museum of Modern Art, New York — collection records for Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and Guernica’s history: moma.org.
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid — Guernica collection page: museoreinasofia.es.
- Françoise Gilot with Carlton Lake, Life with Picasso (1964) — firsthand memoir.
- Gertrude Stein, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) — the “she will” anecdote.
- Marius de Zayas, interview with Picasso, The Arts (New York), May 1923 — the verified “art is a lie” remarks.
- Art Institute of Chicago — Juan Gris, Portrait of Pablo Picasso (1912): artic.edu.
Image policy
See the image captions for credits and context. Illustrated character art is a dramatization.
Artworks: Picasso died in 1973, so his paintings remain under copyright in most jurisdictions. This site does not reproduce them. Where a work matters, the page describes it and links to the holding museum.
Generated images: used only for (a) the Vizlings character dramatization art, (b) abstract/conceptual illustration, and (c) the social pack — every one labeled as AI-generated. No fake historical photographs, no fake artworks presented as his.
Attribution for CC images used on this site:
- Paolo Monti (1953 Milan photograph) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jordiferrer (Els Quatre Gats, 2016) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Adam Cli (aerial Gernika) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Palickap (Casa Natal, Málaga) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rinaldi (Mougins village) — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dacoucou (Vallauris Picasso museum entrance) — CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rijksmuseum (Victoria Station, 1950) — CC0
See the image captions for credits and context. Illustrated character art is a dramatization.
How quotations are handled
- Verified: primary source cited (publication, date).
- Reported: repeated in reputable biographies; primary source not located — labeled as such.
- Misattributed: no source found — quarantined on Sayings, never presented as his.
Source notes
This page is the record of the site’s own method. Corrections are welcome: the standard is “documented or labeled,” and every page on this site is held to it.