In the early 1930's. his style has changed dramatically under the influence of Roman frescoes, which he studied in Catalonia. One critic called this style "syurimpressionizmom" - in these works various ischzobrazheniya superimposed on each other, "creating an impression of three-dimensional space without the use of perspective" (Duchamp).
His artistic feats are not prevented him from conducting an extremely stormy personal and social life. Gertrude Steel, with whom he befriended in those years, called him "Leonardo da Vinci Dada.
In 1935 he wrote a series of neo-classical paintings for exhibition in Chicago. Subsequent years are characterized by extraordinary stylistic diversity of his work: naturalistic, figurative, canvas, using the juxtaposition of images, landscapes, reminiscent of his work Impressionist and fovistskogo periods and finally, the geometric abstraction.
During the Second World War, the spirit of provocation Picabia played a trick on him - after the liberation he experienced some problems. Revenues him greatly diminished, and the first time in his life he was forced to live on the proceeds from the sale of his paintings.
In recent years, he has created works characterized by heavy realism and even a certain academic manner in which he was inspired by erotic pictures 1930.
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