L’Araignée de mer, 1940
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso painted L’Araignée de mer from his studio on Rue des Grands-Augustins on Paris’ south-bank in March 1940, six months after the outbreak of the Second World War. The painting is one of three still lifes (others: National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid) inspired by the artist’s recent memories of the seaside market stalls in Royan on the French