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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Jacqueline au chevalet, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au chevalet, 1956

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

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Visage Tourmenté, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage Tourmenté, 1956

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Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

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Oiseau au soleil, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au soleil, 1952

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Danseurs, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Danseurs, 1956

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

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Hibou , 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hibou , 1954

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Femme au fauteuil II: Dora Maar , 1939–1942

Pablo Picasso

Femme au fauteuil II: Dora Maar , 1939–1942

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Portraits imaginaires 27,2,69 I , 1969

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Portraits imaginaires 27,2,69 I , 1969

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Mostra di Picasso, Milano, 1953

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Mostra di Picasso, Milano, 1953

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La sérénade rustique, 1966

Pablo Picasso

La sérénade rustique, 1966

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Peintre ramassant son Pinceau (pl. VII Chef- , 1931

Pablo Picasso

Peintre ramassant son Pinceau (pl. VII Chef- , 1931

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Le viol VII (pl. 32, Suite Vollard) (1933) , 1939

Pablo Picasso

Le viol VII (pl. 32, Suite Vollard) (1933) , 1939

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Salomé (La Suite des Saltimbanques) (1905) , 1913

Pablo Picasso

Salomé (La Suite des Saltimbanques) (1905) , 1913

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Shéhérazade , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Shéhérazade , 1968

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Sur la scène: Roi et Couple-Phallus, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sur la scène: Roi et Couple-Phallus, 1966

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Couple et Enfant au Rameau d'Olivier

Pablo Picasso

Couple et Enfant au Rameau d'Olivier

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Tete de Femme en Gris et Rouge sur Fond Ochre, 1926

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Tete de Femme en Gris et Rouge sur Fond Ochre, 1926

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L'Alesienne, 1937

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L'Alesienne, 1937

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Faune a la Diaule, 1956

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Faune a la Diaule, 1956

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Israel Museum

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Israel Museum

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Buste de Faune, 1956

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Buste de Faune, 1956

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Guitare Verre et Bouteille, 1919

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Guitare Verre et Bouteille, 1919

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