Pablo Picasso Paintings Gallery

Pablo Picasso
Spain: Greatest Artist of the 20th Century
Born: 1881 Died: 1973

Pablo Ruiz Picasso is considered one of the most remarkable personalities of the 20th century. He was the most brilliant and creative artist of his times. In 1906, together with Braque, he introduced a new style of painting called ‘Cubism which represented things in three dimensions. He also a pioneer in ‘abstract art’ and set new traditions in painting during his 78 years’ long artistic career. Picasso was an artist of stupendous power and range, and made his contribution to different forms of art viz. sculpture, ceramics, graphic illustrations and stage designs.

Picasso was a prolific artist and in his long and distinguished career he produced about 13,500 paintings, 34,000 illustrations, 400 sculptures and countless other artistic creations. The total value of this works is estimated at over 500 million pounds. Two Brothers (1905) and Seated Harlequins (1972) are his two most precious paintings. Picasso’s paintings still fetch enormous sums at auctions. One painting of Picasso Self Portrait of Picasso done in 1901 was sold for 6.3 lakh dollars in New York on 21 May, 1921.

Picasso’s painting Les Demoiselles d’ Avignon (Girls of Avignon I, 1937) is one of the most important paintings in the history of modern art. Another painting Guermica (1937) depicting the savagery of the Spanish Civil War is probably his best known work. His output was enormous and at the end of his life he produced a brilliant series of etching.

Pablo Picasso was born on 5th October 1881, in Spain. His father Jose Ruiz Picasso was an art teacher. Picasso was a born artistic genius. He started drawing beautiful pictures even as a nine year old child and soon his extraordinary genius as an artist came to light. In 1904, Picasso came to Paris, where he married Fernando Oliver, Picasso displayed his won genius in a wide variety of art forms, as sculptor, printmaker, ceramist, stage designer as well as painter.

The Barefoot Girl.	First Communion	Self-Portrait.	Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Science and Charity	Matador Luis Miguel Dominguin.	Lola, Picasso's Sister	A Spanish Couple
Leaning Harlequin.		Woman with Chignon.	Death of Casagemas
Self-Portrait in Blue Period	Portrait of the Art Dealer Pedro Manach	The Absinthe Drinker	Woman in a Blue Hat.
The Absinthe Drinker	Woman with a Cigarette	Le Gourmet.	L'Absinthe
The Visit (Two Sisters).	Breakfast of a Blind Man	La Vie (Life)	The Tragedy.
Portrait of a Young Woman	The Old Guitarist	Portrait of Soler	Old Beggar with a Boy
L'ascete	Woman with a Crow	The Catalan Sculptor Manolo	In 'Lapin Agile'
Harlequin Sitting on a Red Couch	Acrobat on a Ball	Tumblers (Mother and Son).	Girl in a Chemise.
The Family of Saltimbanques.	Boy with a Dog.	Two Brothers	Two Youths.
Acrobat and Young Harlequin.	Juggler with Still-Life	Young Girl with a Goat.	The Peasants. Composition.
Nude Youth.	Glassware. Still Life with a Porro	Boy Leading a Horse.	La Toilette.
Hairdressing Pablo Pikasso painting	Self-Portrait with a Palette.	Sketch for The Demoiselles d'Avignon.	Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Self-Portrait Pikasso	Nude Picasso painting.	The Dance of the Veils	Composition with a Skull.
Head of a Woman	Head of a Man	Woman Seated.	Friendship.