Louise Barbu
20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s Cubist Nude Prints
Aquatint, Paper
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1960s Post-War Figurative Sculptures
Terracotta
1960s Animal Prints
Lithograph
Antique Mid-18th Century Baroque Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors
Mirror, Giltwood
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Etching
1960s Modern Portrait Prints
Lithograph
Antique 1870s German Rococo Busts
Porcelain
1970s Cubist Figurative Prints
Etching
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Board, Canvas, Oil
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Panel, Oil
Antique 1850s German Rococo Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Board, Screen
20th Century Art Nouveau Decorative Boxes
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Art Glass
Antique Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Wine Coolers
Metal
Antique 19th Century French Empire Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Tin
Antique 1860s French Louis XVI Centerpieces
Crystal, Bronze
Antique 1870s German Aesthetic Movement Figurative Sculptures
Porcelain
Pablo Picasso for sale on 1stDibs
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.
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