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Francis Picabia · 1924 - 1927
Francis Picabia: 1879–1953
Other names (10)
Francis-Marie Martínez de la Torre, Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia, Francis Marie Martínez Picabia, Francis-Marie Martínez Picabia de la Torre, Francis-Marie Picabia, Francis Martinez de Picabia, Francis. Picabia, François Marie Martínez Picabia, François Picabia, Picabia
Biography
Francis Picabia (French: [fʁɑ̃sis pikabja]: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22 January 1879 – 30 November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, writer, filmmaker, magazine publisher, poet, and typographist closely associated with Dada.
When considering the many styles that Picabia painted in, observers have described his career as "shape-shifting" or "kaleidoscopic". After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism. His highly abstract planar compositions were colourful and rich in contrasts. He was one of the early major figures of the Dada movement in the United States and in France before denouncing it in 1921. He was later briefly associated with Surrealism, but would soon turn his back on the art establishment.
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Later influence
- David Bowieeditorial inference
Evidence
Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.
Artworks by year
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Museums & collections
Documented holdings of works attributed to Francis Picabia. Check the museum’s record for current display information.
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art10 recorded works
- Museum of Modern Art9 recorded works
- Art Institute of Chicago8 recorded works
- Tate4 recorded works
- musée Ziem — Martigues3 recorded works
- musée Danicourt — Péronne2 recorded works
- National Gallery of Art2 recorded works
- The Cleveland Museum of Art2 recorded works
- musée d'art et d'histoire — Villefranche-sur-Mer1 recorded work
- musée Flaubert et d'histoire de la médecine — Rouen1 recorded work
- musée Nicolas Poussin — Les Andelys1 recorded work
- musée Picasso — Antibes1 recorded work
- musée Richard Anacréon — Granville1 recorded work
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy1 recorded work
- Philadelphia Museum of Art1 recorded work
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum1 recorded work
- Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK)1 recorded work
Sources 11
- Wikidata (CC0)
- National Gallery of Art
- Museum authority country review
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Museum authority country review
- SMK: exact creator authority reconciliation
- L’Annonciade, musée d’art moderne de Saint-Tropez — Saint-Tropez
- Tate Collection metadata (October 2014 snapshot)
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Expanded artwork research — official museum evidence
- Pantheon 2025 — Datawheel (CC BY-SA 4.0)
