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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Accord entre les Guerriers de Sparte et..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Accord entre les Guerriers de Sparte et..., 1934

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"Visage" Pitcher, 1955

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Pablo Picasso "Comedie Humaine" Lithograph, 1954

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"Hibou" Pitcher, 1954

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"Deux Danseurs" Plate, 1956

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Couple et Enfant, 1934

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Couple et Enfant, 1934

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"Toros" Plate, 1952

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"Diaulous Jouer" Plate, 1947

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"Picador" Plate, 1952

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Tete de Faune

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Tete de Faune" Dish / Platter, 1948

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Visage Tourmente, 1956

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Visage Tourmente, 1956

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Tete d'Homme...

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Tete d'Homme..." Plaque, 1968–1969

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D’après Verre et pipe, huile et sable sur..., 1917

Marie Cuttoli and Pablo Picasso

D’après Verre et pipe, huile et sable sur..., 1917

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Quatre profils enlacés (A.R. 84), 1949

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Quatre profils enlacés (A.R. 84), 1949

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Quatre profils enlacés (A.R. 88), 1949

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Quatre profils enlacés (A.R. 88), 1949

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Visage (A.R 288), 1955

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Visage (A.R 288), 1955

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Vieil homme et femme penchée sur l'encolure de...

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Vieil homme et femme penchée sur l'encolure de...

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Le Coq, from 'Histoire Naturelle..., 1936

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Le Coq, from 'Histoire Naturelle..., 1936

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Bird No. 82 (Ramie 482), 1963

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Bird No. 82 (Ramie 482), 1963

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Oiseau au Soleil (Ramié 174), 1952

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Oiseau au Soleil (Ramié 174), 1952

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

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A los Toros, from 'José Delgado: La..., 1959

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A los Toros, from 'José Delgado: La..., 1959

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Odalisque au Collier de Chien, from 'Séries..., 1978

Pablo Picasso

Odalisque au Collier de Chien, from 'Séries..., 1978

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Salto con la Garrocha, from 'José Delgado:..., 1959

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Salto con la Garrocha, from 'José Delgado:..., 1959

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