The First Communion

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The First Communion is an early religious-themed painting by Pablo Picasso that showcases his academic training and precocious technical skill before the development of his signature modernist style.

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The First Communion canonical 2
La primera comunión 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
painting
religious painting
collection Picasso Museum
surface form: Museu Picasso
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator Pablo Picasso
creatorAgeAtInception 14
depicts Catholic ritual
First Communion ceremony
altar
family member
kneeling girl
priest
exhibitionHistory Exhibited in Barcelona in the late 1890s
followedBy Science and Charity
genre history painting
religious art
height 166 cm
inception 1896
languageOfTitle English
Spanish
locatedIn Barcelona
location Picasso Museum
surface form: Museu Picasso, Barcelona
materialUsed oil on canvas
medium canvas
oil paint
movement Academic art
Realism
originalTitle The First Communion self-linksurface differs
surface form: La primera comunión
placeOfCreation Barcelona
precededBy Picasso's childhood drawings
religion Roman Catholicism
showsArtisticPhase Picasso's early academic period
showsCharacteristic academic training
careful chiaroscuro
naturalistic style
precocious technical skill
realistic modeling of figures
significance demonstrates Picasso's mastery of academic technique before his modernist style
early major work by Pablo Picasso
theme Christian sacrament
childhood rite of passage
family devotion
title La primera comunión
The First Communion self-link
width 118 cm

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Picasso Museum notableWorkInCollection The First Communion
The First Communion title The First Communion self-link
The First Communion originalTitle The First Communion self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: La primera comunión