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What are Picasso's four art periods called?

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What are Picasso's four art periods called?
Picasso's four art periods are called the Blue period, the Rose period, the African-influenced period and the Cubist period. The Blue period coincided with the turn of the 20th century and included works like The Old Guitarist and The Blue Room. As its name suggests, this period was marked by Picasso's use of shades of blues and greens, which instilled in his paintings a sense of melancholy. Around 1905, Picasso entered his Rose period, adopting a brighter palette of oranges and pinks. Significant works from this time include Autoportrait à la palette and Garçon à la pipe. Many experts point to the 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon as the start of Picasso's African-influenced period, during which Picasso employed a style inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces broken into geometric shards of surface planes. By the 1910s, this style had evolved into Cubism, with Picasso fragmenting his subjects into shapes. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
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Pablo Picasso, The Blue Rider, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1951
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le cavalier bleu (The Blue Rider), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 25–26, originates from the...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Peintre et Modèle, avec une Spectatrice - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1963
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on wove paper, realized in 1962/63. Image dimension: 31.6x41.7; Sheet dimension 45.4x55.4. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 2/50, hand numbered. Very good co...
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1960s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jacqueline au chapeau à Fleurs. I - Linocut by Pablo Picasso - 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Color linocut on Arches wove paper with watermark, realized in 1962. Image dimension 34.9x27; Sheet dimension 63x44.6. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of 49/50, hand nu...
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1960s Modern Portrait Prints

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Linocut

A Los Toros Avec Picasso (Set of Three in Black Frames)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: La Pique (I), Jeu de la Cape (III), Les Banderilles (IV) Portfolio: A Los Toros Avec Picasso Medium: Set of three transfer lithographs Date: 1961 Edition...
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1960s Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Original Color Cubist Imaginary Portrait Signed Numbered & Marcel Salinas Letter
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Portland, OR
An original colored Cubist portrait by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), signed & numbered, from the Edition of 250 published by Harry N. Abrams, New York in 1969, accompanied with a le...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Color

La Fille au Chapeau - Lithograph by Pablo Picasso - 1959
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on Arches wove paper, with watermark, realized by Picasso in 1959. Image dimension: 64x59 cm; Sheet dimension 65.5x50.5 cm. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Edition of...
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1950s Cubist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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