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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Visage - 1955 (AR # 288), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage - 1955 (AR # 288), 1955

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Sculpteur et son modèle devant une fenêtre - 31...

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et son modèle devant une fenêtre - 31...

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Nature Morte à la Guitare , 1920

Pablo Picasso

Nature Morte à la Guitare , 1920

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Bethsabée - circa 1960, 1960

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Bethsabée - circa 1960, 1960

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Homme dévoilant une Femme, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Homme dévoilant une Femme, 1931

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Vase Femme - 1951 (AR # 119), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Vase Femme - 1951 (AR # 119), 1951

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Corrida - 1953 11 mars (AR # 181), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida - 1953 11 mars (AR # 181), 1953

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Chouetton - 1952 (AR # 135), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Chouetton - 1952 (AR # 135), 1952

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Papiers Collés 1910 - 1914, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Papiers Collés 1910 - 1914, 1966

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Picador (AR # 160)

Pablo Picasso

Picador (AR # 160)

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Toros en Vallauris 59 , 1959

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris 59 , 1959

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Toros - 1952 29 juillet (AR # 161), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros - 1952 29 juillet (AR # 161), 1952

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Oiseau n°76 - 1963 (AR # 481), 1963

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Oiseau n°76 - 1963 (AR # 481), 1963

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Femme du Barbu - 1953 10 juillet (AR # 193), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Femme du Barbu - 1953 10 juillet (AR # 193), 1953

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Figure, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Figure, 1948

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347 series, No.79 | 347シリーズ No.79, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 series, No.79 | 347シリーズ No.79, 1968

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Femme torero, V from LA CAISSE A REMORDS |..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme torero, V from LA CAISSE A REMORDS |..., 1934

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Little square with face | Little square with , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Little square with face | Little square with , 1971

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Médaille or 3 Visages, 1956

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Médaille or 3 Visages, 1956

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Médaille or Taureau, 1960

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Médaille or Taureau, 1960

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Ménines et gentilshommes dans la sierra, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Ménines et gentilshommes dans la sierra, 1968

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Tête d' homme moustachu, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Tête d' homme moustachu, 1966

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La Célestine avec une femme et un cavalier à , 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine avec une femme et un cavalier à , 1968

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Tarasque en terre blanche à décor de..., 1954

Pablo Picasso

Tarasque en terre blanche à décor de..., 1954

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