Pablo Picasso
One of the most prolific and revolutionary artists the world has ever seen, Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) 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 his 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.
He 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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1950s French Modern Vintage Pablo Picasso
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Pablo Picasso
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Pablo Picasso
Ceramic
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pablo Picasso
Aluminum, Glass
1950s Italian Neoclassical Revival Vintage Pablo Picasso
Mahogany
2010s British Modern Pablo Picasso
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1990s French Modern Pablo Picasso
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Late 20th Century French Modern Pablo Picasso
Wood, Paper
Late 20th Century French Modern Pablo Picasso
Wood, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pablo Picasso
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1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pablo Picasso
Rattan, Brass, Steel
1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pablo Picasso
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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Pablo Picasso
Brass, Nickel
19th Century English Regency Antique Pablo Picasso
Bronze, Ormolu