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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Series 347:025 (Cirque et Catch)., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:025 (Cirque et Catch)., 1968

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Series 347: 013 (Quatre Hommes en Costume..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347: 013 (Quatre Hommes en Costume..., 1968

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Reflexion du Peintre sur la Vie., 1967

Pablo Picasso

Reflexion du Peintre sur la Vie., 1967

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Au Theatre: Couple Avec un Flutiste et un..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au Theatre: Couple Avec un Flutiste et un..., 1966

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Toros en Vallauris., 1960

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris., 1960

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Picador., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador., 1953

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Jeunesse., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Jeunesse., 1950

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Le Carmen des Carmen., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Le Carmen des Carmen., 1949

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Carmen, de Profil., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Carmen, de Profil., 1949

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Series 156:122 (Barbu fantasmant, femmes,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Series 156:122 (Barbu fantasmant, femmes,..., 1971

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Series 156:025 (La diseuse de Bonne Aventure)., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Series 156:025 (La diseuse de Bonne Aventure)., 1970

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Le Clown., 1968

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Le Clown., 1968

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Series 347:168 (Jeux de Gladiateurs)., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:168 (Jeux de Gladiateurs)., 1968

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Series 347:156 (Maja et cavalier)., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:156 (Maja et cavalier)., 1968

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Series 347:045 (Caricature du Général de..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:045 (Caricature du Général de..., 1968

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Series 347:038 (Peintre Songeant à une..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:038 (Peintre Songeant à une..., 1968

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Series 347:002 (Écuyères et jugleuse)., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Series 347:002 (Écuyères et jugleuse)., 1968

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Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck., 1966

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Sable Mouvant., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sable Mouvant., 1966

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse., 1961

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse., 1961

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Grande Maternité., 1963

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Grande Maternité., 1963

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Picador II., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Picador II., 1961

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Face No. 130., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face No. 130., 1963

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Fumeur à la Cigarette Rouge., 1964

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Fumeur à la Cigarette Rouge., 1964

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