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Francis Picabia
Francis Picabia French painter, illustrator, designer, writer, and editor Francis Picabia sitting in his studio, c. 1910ā€“15.

Francis Picabia

French artist
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Francis Picabia (born January 22, 1879, Paris, Franceā€”died November 30, 1953, Paris) was a French painter, illustrator, designer, writer, and editor, who was successively involved with the art movements Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism. Picabia was the son of a Cuban diplomat father and a French mother. After studying at the Ɖcole des Arts DĆ©coratifs (1895ā€“97), he painted for nearly six years in an Impressionist mode akin to that of Alfred Sisley. In 1909 he adopted...

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