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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Course de Taureaux, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Comprised of shapes with lines and sharp angles, this composition depicting the running of the bulls is hectic and energized. Rendered in gradiated rainbow colors, the animals in thi...
Lithograph
La Pique Lithograph Print, Modern Style, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Part of Picasso's exploration of the bullfight, a subject that occupied a central place throughout his life and art. The work provides insight into his sustained engagement with Span...
Lithograph
Bacchanale, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Bacchanale". The original painting was completed circa 1922. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
Lithograph
$902
H 20.95 in W 17.01 in D 0.04 in
Matadores, Lithograph, Modern, 1961, Framed, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Matadores Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'A...
Lithograph
$1,352Sale Price|35% Off
H 16.54 in W 20.48 in D 1.19 in
La Pique, Original Lithograph, Modern, Framed, 1961, Excellent
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Pique Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 25 x 31 cm. Publisher: André Sauret, Monte Carlo. Reference: Bloch 1014; Cramer 113. The work is i...
Lithograph
Bacchanale, Modern Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Bacchanale". The original painting was completed circa 1922. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
Lithograph
$1,495
H 20.5 in W 16.5 in D 1 in L 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso (After) Framed Lithograph Print Toros y Toreros 38
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully imagined, boldly colored lithograph by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) features an ornately dressed Baroque woman, likely Spanish, with her hand on the back of...
Wood, Paper
$640
H 12.6 in W 16.54 in D 0.4 in
Picasso, print "Céramiques De Picasso" printed by Albert Skira, 1948
By Pablo Picasso, Albert Skira
Located in Stockholm, SE
An exquisite framed shiny polychrome print of Picasso Vallauris ceramic plates depicting a bull in the sun. The color print is attached to a thick, high quality paper with decorative...
Paper
$1,537
H 14.18 in W 10.63 in D 0.4 in
Pablo Picasso 'Modèle dans l'ombre' Framed Monochrome Lithograph Print
Located in Nottingham, GB
A standing female nude rendered in luminous negative space forms the focal point of this monochrome lithograph. Viewed predominantly from behind, the figure emerges from deep blocks ...
Paper
$1,571
H 15.16 in W 18.31 in D 1.97 in
A 1948 framed lithographic plate limited edition “Ceramiques de Picasso”
By Pablo Picasso
Located in London, GB
A framed lithographic plate from the 1948 Swedish, numbered limited edition portfolio of only 200 “Ceramiques de Picasso” by Albert Skira, framed, with the die-cut, gloss coloured l...
Paper
John Spencer Churchill Signed Oil on Board Nephew of Sir Winston Churchill
Located in Reading, Berkshire
John Spencer Churchill (1909-92) , 'Lista di Spagna', Signed,with Artists Seal, Framed Oil on Board Inscribed on original label verso Height: 19.5cm x Width: 24.5cm John George Spe...
Wood, Paint
Pablo Picasso Buste de Femme au Foulard Mauve 1983 Marina Picasso Collection
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Reading, Berkshire
After Pablo Picasso, Buste de Femme au Foulard Mauve, 1983 Marina Picasso Collection Lithograph, Framed DESCRIPTION A colour lithograph after Pablo Picasso's 1937 painting Buste de Femme au Foulard Mauve. This later impression bears the printed Picasso signature beneath the image and the Collection Marina Picasso and © Daal Distributors, 1983 marks. Presented in a decorative gilt frame with a laminated report of authenticity dated 2 June 2014, signed by Joseph Nuzzolo. The report describes an edition of 1,000, a sheet measuring 29½ × 20½ in (74.9 × 52.1 cm), and an image measuring 22 × 15⅝ in (55.9 × 39.7 cm). These measurements are taken from the accompanying report; please verify against the artwork before publishing. Frame dimensions have not been supplied. This is a posthumous print after Picasso's original painting, not a 1937 original lithograph or a hand-signed Picasso print...
Glass, Paper
18th Century Egyptian Hand Coloured Framed Engraving by Bernard De Montfaucon
By Bernard de Montfaucon
Located in Reading, Berkshire
18th Century Bernard De Montfaucon (1655-1741) Hand Coloured Framed Engraving of Egyptian Antiquities Grand Tour. Framed Height: 58cm I Width: 42cm Image Height: 34cm I Width: 18cm ...
Wood, Paint, Glass
Surrealist Artwork Oil on Canvas by British Artist John Voss Disintegrating Myth
Located in Reading, Berkshire
John Voss "Disintegrating Myth: Interpretation Of Perseus And Pegasus" By Lord Leighton Surrealist Oil On Board, Signed And Dated 2000 John Voss was a British surrealist artist, who...
Paint
Hampton Court Glazed Framed Watercolour by Sydney Tushingham British 1884-1968
Located in Reading, Berkshire
Hampton Court Glazed Framed Watercolour by Sydney Tushingham British 1884-1968 Sydney Tushingham (British Painter 1884-1968) Signed Watercolour. Watercolour depicts Christopher Wren...
Glass, Wood, Paint
Rare Cigar Striker Bergman Style Cold Painted Art Deco Arabian Carpet Trader
By Franz Xaver Bergman (Bergmann)
Located in Reading, Berkshire
An Unusal Cigar Striker In The Franz Xaver Bergman Style Art Deco Cold Painted Vienna Bronze, Arabian Carpet Trader With Camel Mounted on a Black Glaze...
Spelter
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