Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters, including Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said. Born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, he lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the Parisian avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, Picasso rapidly transitioned styles from Neo-Impressionism through his Blue Period and Rose Period. He reached a unique style with the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded the forms he saw in African sculpture with the fractured compositions he admired in Paul Cézanne  to produce the style of Cubism. Not limited to painting, the artist also produced collage, sculpture, and ceramics. After being deeply affected by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created what is arguably his most political work Guernica (1937), a mural-sized painting depicting war-torn carnage with jagged shapes in contrasting grayscale. The artist was prolific up until his death on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as institutions devoted solely to his work, including the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

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Pichet Tête Carrée, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Tête Carrée, 1953

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Colombe à la lucarne, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe à la lucarne, 1949

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Ovale au cheval, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Ovale au cheval, 1971

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PICASSO (PABLO), REVENTOS (RAMON) Dos Contes,...

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO (PABLO), REVENTOS (RAMON) Dos Contes,...

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Les déjeuneurs, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Les déjeuneurs, 1961

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Le Danseur

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Le Danseur

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Arles, 1971

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Arles, 1971

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Tête Géométrique, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tête Géométrique, 1956

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Sur la scène : Vieillard barbu s'apprêtant à , 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sur la scène : Vieillard barbu s'apprêtant à , 1966

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Exposition Poteries Fleurs Parfums Vallauris , 1948

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Poteries Fleurs Parfums Vallauris , 1948

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Etching on laid paper, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Etching on laid paper, 1930

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Figure composée II , 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure composée II , 1949

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Scène Bachique au Minotaure (Suite Vollard,..., 1934

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Scène Bachique au Minotaure (Suite Vollard,..., 1934

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Sujet Poisson, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Poisson, 1952

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Visage à la fraise, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage à la fraise, 1971

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Oiseau sur la branche, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche, 1956

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Service Visage Noir - Assiette B, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Service Visage Noir - Assiette B, 1948

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Lampe femme (A.R. 294), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme (A.R. 294), 1955

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PROFIL DE JACQUELINE, 22 JANVIER 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

PROFIL DE JACQUELINE, 22 JANVIER 1956, 1956

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GOLDENES MÉDAILLON VISAGE AUX MAINS, CA. 1967, 1967

Pablo Picasso

GOLDENES MÉDAILLON VISAGE AUX MAINS, CA. 1967, 1967

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DORMEUR

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DORMEUR

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GOLDENES MEDAILLON VISAGE DE FAUNE

Pablo Picasso

GOLDENES MEDAILLON VISAGE DE FAUNE

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Tauromachie, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachie, 1953

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Sujet poisson, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poisson, 1952

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