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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Degas chez les filles. La note, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas chez les filles. La note, 1971

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Plante au toritos, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Plante au toritos, 1959

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Portrait de femme au col en ruché:..., 1939

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Portrait de femme au col en ruché:..., 1939

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Sculpteur travaillant à un buste de femme, 1965

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Sculpteur travaillant à un buste de femme, 1965

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Philosophe discourant devant un notable,..., 1959

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Philosophe discourant devant un notable,..., 1959

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

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

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Homme-chien et femme, avec une petite..., 1970

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Homme-chien et femme, avec une petite..., 1970

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Homme dévoilant une femme, 1931

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Homme dévoilant une femme, 1931

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant, 1971

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant, 1971

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Jeune peintre-persée avec une chouette et..., 1970

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Jeune peintre-persée avec une chouette et..., 1970

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Sculpteur et modèle se regardant dans un..., 1933

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Sculpteur et modèle se regardant dans un..., 1933

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Sans titre Série des portraits imaginaires, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Sans titre Série des portraits imaginaires, 1969

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Oiseau sur la branche

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Oiseau sur la branche

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L'atelier de Cannes, 1956

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L'atelier de Cannes, 1956

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Femme nue assise et trois têtes barbues, 1934

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Femme nue assise et trois têtes barbues, 1934

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Petite Chouette, 1949

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Petite Chouette, 1949

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Head with mask

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Head with mask

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a set of 2 books

Pablo Picasso

a set of 2 books

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Woman's face, 1953

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Woman's face, 1953

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Colombe brillante, 1953

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Colombe brillante, 1953

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Mains au poisson

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Mains au poisson

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XXII: Michel Ange..., 1968

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XXII: Michel Ange..., 1968

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