1924-1961
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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Tête de femme, face et profil (from Picasso Dessins) - Lithograph on Paper
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
This print is dedicated to Marcel Boudin, who was employed as Picasso's driver from 1931 to 1951. Boudin oversaw Picasso's transportation in his newly acquired luxury Hispano Suiza m...
Lithograph, Japan Paper
Fumeur a la Cigarette Blanche - Cubist Portrait, Aquatint on Paper, 1965
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Created in 1964, ‘Fumeur à la Cigarette Blanche’ belongs to Picasso’s late graphic period, a prolific era in which he returned to themes of portraiture, artistic identity, and the cr...
Aquatint, Paper, Etching
Buste de femme au fichu (Bust of a Woman with a Kerchief) - Dora Maar Etching
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
‘Buste de femme au fichu’ is an etching on paper by Pablo Picasso. The work depicts Picasso's mistress and photographer Dora Maar, identifiable by her sharp, angular features and str...
Etching, Aquatint
Two Sculptured Men (from the Vollard Suite) - Figurative Etching on Paper, 1933
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Two Sculptured Men’ is an etching on paper by Pablo Picasso from the Vollard Suite. Comprised of 100 etchings produced between 1930 and 1937, the Vollard Suite is the most signific...
Etching
Square Head of a Man (from the Carmen portfolio) - Copper Plate and Print, 1949
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
The Carmen portfolio occupies a particular place within this legacy. Based on Prosper Mérimée's 1845 novella, the same source that inspired Bizet's opera, Picasso's Carmen suite dist...
Copper
Portrait de Mousquetaire vieillissant, au visage couperose (from 'La Serie' 347)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Palm Desert, CA
'Portrait de Mousquetaire vieillissant, au visage couperose (Portrait of an Ageing Musketeer, with a Rosaceous Face)’ from 'La Serie' 347 is an etching on a paper by Pablo Picasso. T...
Etching
Portrait d’Homme, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This fragmented portrait of a painter by Pablo Picasso features bright, bold colors and relies on visible brushstrokes to show the figure of the man instead of the geometric shapes a...
Lithograph
Portrait of Roby - Etching (Bloch #680)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (after) Portrait of Roby, c. 1950 Restrike etching Printed signature in the plate On Japan paper 33 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) REFERENCE : Catalog raisonne Bloch #680 Fr...
Etching
Pablo Picasso Etching, 1949, Carmen IX, Square Head of a Man with Clenched Mouth
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man with Clenched Mouth (Plate IX) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18"...
Etching
Femme Profile (Marie-Therese Walter), Cubist Lithograph After Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Femme Profile (Marie-Therese Walter), Pablo Picasso (After), Spanish (1881–1973) Portfolio: Marina Picasso Estate Lithograph Collection Date: of Original: 1937 Year Printed: 1979-19...
Paper, Lithograph
Homme Barbu Couronné de Vigne, 1962 - Signed Pablo Picasso Linocut Print, Framed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Linoleum cut printed in colors, signed in pencil and numbered on Arches wove paper, printed by Arnéra, Vallauris, France, published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Image Size: 13.7...
Linocut
Pablo Picasso, "Portrait of Jacqueline, Right Profile, " original lithograph
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso "Portrait of Jacqueline, Right Profile" Original Lithograph The 3rd and final state, executed on zinc Hand signed in pencil, numbered 21/50 from the edition of 50 Paper...
Lithograph
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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