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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Maternidad

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Maternidad

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Suite 156, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Suite 156, 1971

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“Jeune femme de Majorque” 1954, 1954

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“Jeune femme de Majorque” 1954, 1954

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Maison close, trois filles au repos, dont..., 1971

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Maison close, trois filles au repos, dont..., 1971

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Visage (A. R. 288), 1955

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Visage (A. R. 288), 1955

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Quatre visages (A.R. 436), 1959

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Quatre visages (A.R. 436), 1959

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Autoportrait dédoublé, maja au pigeon, 1970

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Autoportrait dédoublé, maja au pigeon, 1970

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Combat de gladiateurs, avec spectateurs, et..., 1970

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Combat de gladiateurs, avec spectateurs, et..., 1970

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David songeant à Bethsabée, et à son mari, 1970

Pablo Picasso

David songeant à Bethsabée, et à son mari, 1970

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Vieil homme au chapeau tonkinois songeant..., 1968

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Vieil homme au chapeau tonkinois songeant..., 1968

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Peintre cul-de-jatte dans son atelier..., 1970

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Peintre cul-de-jatte dans son atelier..., 1970

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Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux filles, 1971

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Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux filles, 1971

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Faune flûtiste et bacchante, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Faune flûtiste et bacchante, 1968

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« Ne regarde pas, mon enfant », 1971

Pablo Picasso

« Ne regarde pas, mon enfant », 1971

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Orage, enlèvement, poursuite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Orage, enlèvement, poursuite, 1968

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Femme nue montrant un masque masculin,..., 1970

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Femme nue montrant un masque masculin,..., 1970

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La Colombe en vol, 1950

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La Colombe en vol, 1950

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Degas chez les filles, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas chez les filles, 1971

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Scène de séduction entre polichinelle et une , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Scène de séduction entre polichinelle et une , 1971

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Après l’examen : le père remmène son fils,..., 1970

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Après l’examen : le père remmène son fils,..., 1970

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Jeune femme et vieux mari, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune femme et vieux mari, 1968

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Homme rembranesque assis chez les filles, 1968

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Homme rembranesque assis chez les filles, 1968

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« Mille et une nuits » et « Célestine » : la , 1968

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« Mille et une nuits » et « Célestine » : la , 1968

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La Célestine présentant ses deux..., 1968

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La Célestine présentant ses deux..., 1968

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