Remai Modern Art Gallery receives 23 Picasso ceramics

The Remai Modern Art Gallery announced Wednesday it hasreceived agiftof 23 ceramic pieces by Pablo Picasso.

The donation came from a philanthropist and European printmaking specialist Frederick Mulder who is actually from Eston, Saskatchewan.

The pieces are worth upwards of $500,000 and consist of sculptures, tiles, vessels, vase, and plates from 20th century.

Mulder thinks there's an important link between these ceramics and thecommunity of artistsin Saskatchewan.

"I think the ceramics are particularly interesting because there's a tradition of Saskatchewan art ceramics. Picasso is probably the greatest ceramicist,certainly the most famous ceramicist the world has ever had. I thought that was a nice link with Saskatchewan," Mulder said.

The works will be shown alongside another collection by Picasso.

Ellen Remaidonated 406 Picasso linocut prints worth more than $20million in 2012. Some of the linocutprints and the ceramics are connected by theme.

"It just added an extra dimension to have some of the same subjects, the same themes, but in three dimensions instead of in two," Mulder said.

Representatives from the gallery hope the large Picasso exhibit of ceramics and linocutswill draw crowds when it opens in 2016.