# Did Picasso really visit any prehistoric caves- Lascaux or Altamira?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 19, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-picasso-really-visit-any-prehistoric-caves-lascaux-or-altamira/715431 "2015-03-19T22:27:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![davidmich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-picasso-really-visit-any-prehistoric-caves-lascaux-or-altamira/715431/1 "2015-03-19T22:27:22Z")

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Hi,  
Several years ago I read that Picasso had never visited any prehistoric cave paintings as was so often claimed. I thought the matter was settled. Every other article these days claims he did. What is the truth. The article below claims he didn’t. I look forward to your feedback.  
davidmich

[http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/munibe/aa/200503217223.pdf](http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/munibe/aa/200503217223.pdf)