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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“Grands maitres estampes et dessins”, 1972

Pablo Picasso

“Grands maitres estampes et dessins”, 1972

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‘Vase au bouquet’ plate, 1956

Pablo Picasso

‘Vase au bouquet’ plate, 1956

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RYSUNEK OKAZJONALNY, 1961

Pablo Picasso

RYSUNEK OKAZJONALNY, 1961

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Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

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Le Peintre et son Modele, 1964

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Le Peintre et son Modele, 1964

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Visage de faune, 1955

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Visage de faune, 1955

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Tauromachy Scene, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachy Scene, 1955

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Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

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White Ground Fish, 1952

Pablo Picasso

White Ground Fish, 1952

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Face no. 111, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face no. 111, 1963

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Little Face no. 13, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Little Face no. 13, 1963

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The Pike, 1950

Pablo Picasso

The Pike, 1950

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Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

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Tetes, 1956

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Tetes, 1956

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Grand Air, 1936

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Grand Air, 1936

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Matin: Pipe, femme et chocolat, from Séries..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Matin: Pipe, femme et chocolat, from Séries..., 1968

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Le Chardonneret, from Eaux-fortes originale..., 1942

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Le Chardonneret, from Eaux-fortes originale..., 1942

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Paloma, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

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Paloma, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

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L'Etreinte, II, 1963

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L'Etreinte, II, 1963

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Faune et Marin, 1956

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Faune et Marin, 1956

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Bearded Yan, 1963

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Bearded Yan, 1963

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Claude, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

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Claude, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

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Couple (royal?) posant pour un peintre en..., 1968

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Couple (royal?) posant pour un peintre en..., 1968

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

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