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Entertainment & Arts
Will Gompertz
Arts editor
Pablo Picasso aged 19
Pablo Picasso's path to greatness as one of the most acclaimed figures of the twentieth century is the focus of a new exhibition.
Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901, at London's Courtauld Gallery, exhibits work from the artist's breakthrough year.
Will Gompertz reports.
Article written by Will Gompertz
Will Gompertz
Arts editor
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