1955
One of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever seen, Pablo Picasso had a tremendous impact on the development of 20th-century modern art. Although he is best known for his association with the Cubist movement, which he founded with Georges Braque, Picasso’s influence extends to Surrealism, neoclassicism and Expressionism.
“Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction,” the Spanish artist proclaimed. In Picasso's Cubist paintings, he emphasizes the two-dimensionality of the canvas, breaking with conventions regarding perspective, foreshortening and proportion. Picasso was inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. One of his most famous pre-Cubist works is Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907), a painting considered immoral and shocking at the time for its depiction of nude women whose faces resemble Iberian tribal masks.
Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces composed of geometric shards of surface planes. In Woman in a Hat (Olga), 1935, he painted his first wife as an assemblage of abstract forms, leaving the viewer to decipher the subject through the contrasting colors and shapes. Picasso was a tireless artist, creating more than 20,000 paintings, drawings, prints, ceramics and sculptures. Tracing his life’s work reveals the progression of modern art, on which he had an unparalleled influence.
Browse an expansive collection of Pablo Picasso's art on 1stDibs.
Visage
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
An early and stunningly beautiful hand-painted ceramic bowl created by Picasso in 1955, Visage measures 5 inches (12.8 cm) in diameter and is Inscribed 'Edition Picasso/Madoura' (bot...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Visage dans un ovale (Face in an Oval), A.R. 273
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Created in 1955, Pablo Picasso ceramic Visage dans un ovale (Face in an Oval), 1955 A.R. 273 is a Madoura white earthenware clay oval dish with decoration in engobes and oxides (blue...
Clay, Earthenware, Glaze
Scène de Tauromachie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
An authenticated work Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Paloma Ruiz-Picasso and Diana Widmaier-Ruiz-Picasso, dated October 9, 2025. A signed, dated and stamped ...
Ceramic
Picasso/Madoura - Taureau dans l’arène
By Madoura, Pablo Picasso
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso/ MadouraTaureau dans l'arène 1948 (Ramié 80). Plat rectangulaire en terre de faïence blanche. Tampons "Madoura plein feu" "CR" et "Edition Picasso" Edition à 450 exempl...
Ceramic, Acrylic
Visage (A.R. 288)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Östermalm, Stockholms län
Visage (A.R. 288), 1955 White earthenware ceramic pitcher with colored engobe and glaze Edition of 500 Stamped “Picasso” and “Madoura Plein Feu” (underneath) The piece is in excelle...
Ceramic
Bouteille Gravée (A.R.249)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PARIS, FR
• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...
Ceramic
Joie de Vivre
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Missouri, MO
JOIE DE VIVRE (A. Ramié no. 346) stamped, marked, engraved and numbered 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso (underneath) unglazed white ea...
Ceramic
Tenter de comprendre Picasso IX
By Anne Millot
Located in Barcelona, CT
Inspired by a portrait of a woman painted by Pablo Picasso, I want to emphasise that the nose shows the face from both the front and the side. Is she turning her head towards him, or...
Wood
$52,309
H 10.24 in Dm 10.24 in
Pablo Picasso, Quatre profils enlacés (A.R. 88), Ceramic
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Madrid, ES
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) "Quatre profils enlacés" (A.R. 88) stamped “Madoura Plein Feu / Empreinte Originale de Picasso” (on the reverse) ceramic Diameter: 10-1/4 inches (26 cm.) Co...
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso - plate "Quatre profils entrelacés" (A.R 86)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso & Atelier Madoura "Quatre profils enlacés" (Four Intertwined Profiles), model created in 1949. Round-square plate. Limited edition "Empreinte Originale" (Original Impr...
Ceramic
Vase deux anses hautes - Mid-Century Figurative Ceramic Vase
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pablo Picasso's Vase deux anses hautes (1953) belongs to his celebrated Madoura ceramics period, when he transformed everyday pottery forms into vessels for a new kind of sculptural ...
Ceramic
Life and Roots
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Life and Roots" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas in a blues and yellows by Korean, Post-War artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is unsigned. Born in S...
Oil
Jacqueline au Chevalet (Jacqueline at the Easel) - Ceramic Plate, 40/200, 1956
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Pablo Picasso's Jacqueline au Chevalet (1956) belongs to his revolutionary Madoura ceramics period, the two-decade span in Vallauris during which he produced more than 3,500 ceramic ...
Ceramic, Glaze
Mandara
By Lino Tagliapietra
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A glass sculpture by Lino Tagliapietra. "Mandara" is executed in blues, green and black by contemporary artist Lino Tagliapietra. Signed and dated underneath, carved into the glass, ...
Glass
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Je Kon park 92". Born in South...
Oil
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Jae Kon Park. "Untitled" is an abstract painting, oil on canvas by Korean artist Jae Kon Park. The artwork is signed in the lower left, "J'eKon Park, 93". Born in South...
Oil
From 1901 to 1904, Picasso limited his palette to bluish hues in producing some of his most famous early works. A new show looks at the recycled materials, hidden underpaintings, surprising influences and bohemian lifestyle that led to their creation.
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