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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Flutist and Goat., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Flutist and Goat., 1956

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Four Dancers., 1956

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Four Dancers., 1956

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Deux Buveurs Catalans., 1934

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Deux Buveurs Catalans., 1934

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Le Bain., 1905

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Le Bain., 1905

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Les Saltimbanques., 1905

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Les Saltimbanques., 1905

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Vallauris Exposition 1956., 1956

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Vallauris Exposition 1956., 1956

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Nature morte devant une Fenêtre à..., 1919

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Nature morte devant une Fenêtre à..., 1919

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Portrait de Pablo Picasso and Remarqué for..., 1956

Paul P. Lemagny and Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Pablo Picasso and Remarqué for..., 1956

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La Chèvre-Feuille: Deux baigneuses., 1943

Pablo Picasso

La Chèvre-Feuille: Deux baigneuses., 1943

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Picador II., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Picador II., 1961

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La Chèvre., 1952

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La Chèvre., 1952

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Femme Torero, V., 1934

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Femme Torero, V., 1934

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Tête de Femme (Dora Maar)., 1943

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Tête de Femme (Dora Maar)., 1943

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La Chèvre-Feuille: Visages., 1943

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La Chèvre-Feuille: Visages., 1943

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Françoise., 1946

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Françoise., 1946

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Le Chevalier et la Page., 1951

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Le Chevalier et la Page., 1951

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Nature morte., 1927

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Nature morte., 1927

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Nature Morte au Pot de Grès., 1947

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Nature Morte au Pot de Grès., 1947

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Oiseau no 93' faience dish

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Oiseau no 93' faience dish

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Oiseau no 96' faience dish

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Oiseau no 96' faience dish

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plaque,

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plaque, "Scène de plage"

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Visage no 125 ' faience dish

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Visage no 125 ' faience dish

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dish, 'Corrida Sur Fond Noir'

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dish, 'Corrida Sur Fond Noir'

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HIBOU, VERRE ET FLEUR (GALERIE 65 CANNES), 1956

Pablo Picasso

HIBOU, VERRE ET FLEUR (GALERIE 65 CANNES), 1956

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