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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PALOMA ET CLAUDE, 1950 (Bloch, 664; Mourlot, , 1950

Pablo Picasso

PALOMA ET CLAUDE, 1950 (Bloch, 664; Mourlot, , 1950

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L'ARRIVEE DU CHEVALIER, 22.02.1951, 1951

Pablo Picasso

L'ARRIVEE DU CHEVALIER, 22.02.1951, 1951

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AMNISTIA, 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

AMNISTIA, 1959, 1959

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DIURNES: FEMME ASSISE EN PYJAMA DE PLAGE,..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

DIURNES: FEMME ASSISE EN PYJAMA DE PLAGE,..., 1962

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VALLAURIS TOROS, 1956 (Czwiklitzer, 18;..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

VALLAURIS TOROS, 1956 (Czwiklitzer, 18;..., 1956

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TOROS EN VALLAURIS, 1957 (Bloch, 1276,..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

TOROS EN VALLAURIS, 1957 (Bloch, 1276,..., 1957

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EXPOSITION VALLAURIS 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

EXPOSITION VALLAURIS 1955, 1955

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EXPOSITION DE VALLAURIS 1955, 1955

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EXPOSITION DE VALLAURIS 1955, 1955

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VALLAURIS EXPOSITION, 1953 1955, 1953

Pablo Picasso

VALLAURIS EXPOSITION, 1953 1955, 1953

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EXPOSITION 1958 VALLAURIS, 1958 [Bloch,..., 1958

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EXPOSITION 1958 VALLAURIS, 1958 [Bloch,..., 1958

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DEUX FEMMES, 1971 (Bloch, 1917; Baer, 1925 Ba), 1971

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DEUX FEMMES, 1971 (Bloch, 1917; Baer, 1925 Ba), 1971

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NATURE MORTE AU CITRON ET AU PICHET ROUGE,..., 1955

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NATURE MORTE AU CITRON ET AU PICHET ROUGE,..., 1955

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BACCHANALE, CIRCA 1955, 1955

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BACCHANALE, CIRCA 1955, 1955

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SABLE MOUVANT, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

SABLE MOUVANT, 1966, 1966

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Le vieux roi., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi., 1959

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Picador (A.R. 160)

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R. 160)

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Bouquet à la Pomme (A.R. 305), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la Pomme (A.R. 305), 1956

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PICHET ESPAGNOL, 1954

Pablo Picasso

PICHET ESPAGNOL, 1954

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BLATT 143 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 143 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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BLATT 129 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 129 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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BLATT 126 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 126 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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BLATT 101 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 101 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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BLATT 98 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 98 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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BLATT 76 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

Pablo Picasso

BLATT 76 AUS DER FOLGE 156 GRAVURES, 1971

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