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 tourmenté, 1955–1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage tourmenté, 1955–1956

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Petite faune, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Petite faune, 1950

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Trois personnages nus assis, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Trois personnages nus assis, 1966

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Immeubles Rue de Savoie et vue de Notre-Dame, 1944

Pablo Picasso

Immeubles Rue de Savoie et vue de Notre-Dame, 1944

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Tête de chèvre de profil

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil

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Vallauris, 1956

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Vallauris, 1956

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Plongeurs

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Plongeurs

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Visage en carton ondulé, 1956

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Visage en carton ondulé, 1956

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Chouette femme

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Chouette femme

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Le Soleil ébloui – Geneviève Laporte

Pablo Picasso

Le Soleil ébloui – Geneviève Laporte

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LA PIQUE, 1961, 1961

Pablo Picasso

LA PIQUE, 1961, 1961

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BUSTE DE FEMME EN BLANC, 1930, 1930

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BUSTE DE FEMME EN BLANC, 1930, 1930

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LE CLOWN, 1968, 1968

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LE CLOWN, 1968, 1968

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HARLEKIN, 1966, 1966

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HARLEKIN, 1966, 1966

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR – SCHWARZER FAUN, 1948, 1948

Pablo Picasso

SERVICE VISAGE NOIR – SCHWARZER FAUN, 1948, 1948

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DAS LIEBESPAAR, 1963

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DAS LIEBESPAAR, 1963

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BACCHANALE, 1954, 1954

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BACCHANALE, 1954, 1954

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KÜNSTLERLEBEN – EIN JAHR IM ATELIER (TABLE..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

KÜNSTLERLEBEN – EIN JAHR IM ATELIER (TABLE..., 1931

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PORTRAIT DE PIERRE CROMMELYNCK, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT DE PIERRE CROMMELYNCK, 1966, 1966

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VENUS ET L’AMOUR VOLEUR DE MIEL, D’APRÈS..., 1960

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VENUS ET L’AMOUR VOLEUR DE MIEL, D’APRÈS..., 1960

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A los toros avec Picasso. Text by Jaime..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

A los toros avec Picasso. Text by Jaime..., 1961

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Deux Modèles vêtus, aus

Pablo Picasso

Deux Modèles vêtus, aus "La Suite Vollard", 1933

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Grande femme et petit homme ventru (Les 156, , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Grande femme et petit homme ventru (Les 156, , 1970

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Trois Femmes nues près d'une Fenêtre, aus..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Trois Femmes nues près d'une Fenêtre, aus..., 1933

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