Musée Picasso

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/muse-picasso

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Rue de Thorigny, 75003 Paris, France
2. What is the year of building completion?1661
3. What is the Musée Picasso and where is it located?The Musée Picasso is a museum in Paris that shows many of Picasso's works. It is inside a historic building called Hôtel Salé, in the Marais district of the city.
4. How many artworks does the Musée Picasso have?After Picasso died, his family gave the French state more than 5,000 pieces of art. These include paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and ceramics.

Avant-garde: New and experimental ideas and methods in art, music, or literature.
Cubism: An early 20th-century art movement pioneered by Picasso and Braque, characterized by fragmented objects and multiple viewpoints.
Oeuvre: The complete body of works of an artist.