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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Sauterelle sur une branche (A.R. 258), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Sauterelle sur une branche (A.R. 258), 1955

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Yan petites têtes (A.R. 515), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Yan petites têtes (A.R. 515), 1963

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Cercle au visage (A.R. 632), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Cercle au visage (A.R. 632), 1971

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Tête de taureau (A.R. 230), 1954

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Tête de taureau (A.R. 230), 1954

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Chope visage (A.R. 432), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Chope visage (A.R. 432), 1959

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Profil de femme no. 67 (A.R. 473), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Profil de femme no. 67 (A.R. 473), 1963

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Poisson de profil (A.R. 131), 1951

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Poisson de profil (A.R. 131), 1951

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Joueur de diaule (A.R. 1), 1947

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Joueur de diaule (A.R. 1), 1947

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Motifs no. 45 (A.R. 465), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Motifs no. 45 (A.R. 465), 1963

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Têtes (A.R. 368), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes (A.R. 368), 1956

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Pichet têtes (A.R. 221), 1953

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Pichet têtes (A.R. 221), 1953

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Chouette (A.R. 48), 1948

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Chouette (A.R. 48), 1948

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Chouette (A.R. 603), 1969

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Chouette (A.R. 603), 1969

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Hibou aux ailes déployées (A.R. 397), 1957

Pablo Picasso

Hibou aux ailes déployées (A.R. 397), 1957

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Visage noir putoisé (A.R. 49), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Visage noir putoisé (A.R. 49), 1948

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Visage dans étoile (A.R. 30), 1947

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Visage dans étoile (A.R. 30), 1947

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Hibou noir perché (A.R. 398), 1957

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Hibou noir perché (A.R. 398), 1957

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Hibou blanc sur fond rouge (A.R. 395), 1957

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Hibou blanc sur fond rouge (A.R. 395), 1957

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Visage de femme (A.R. 220), 1953

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Visage de femme (A.R. 220), 1953

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Femme du barbu (A.R. 193), 1953

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Femme du barbu (A.R. 193), 1953

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Vase deux anses hautes (A.R. 213), 1953

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Vase deux anses hautes (A.R. 213), 1953

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Taureau dans l'arène (A.R. 80), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Taureau dans l'arène (A.R. 80), 1948

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Nature morte (A.R. 219), 1953

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Nature morte (A.R. 219), 1953

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Visage au masque de chevrons (A.R. 501), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage au masque de chevrons (A.R. 501), 1963

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