Deux dialogues avec des peintres espagnols Goya ou la fin de l’Irréel, Picasso ou la consécration de l’Intemporel

Goya and Pablo Picasso are the artists Malraux studied most. In their creations, they encapsulate two principles of prime importance to him: the struggle against the awareness that a human being has of his destiny and the creation of an anti-destiny by means of art, and what he defines as the eternal soul of Spain, which, for the French writer, had remained unchanged since the Siglo de Oro. This article analyzes Malraux's views about Picasso as well as those of the two artists about Goya.