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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$15,000
H 10 in Dm 10 in
Pablo Picasso 'Visage No. 111' (A. R. 476) Madoura Face Plate 1963
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage No. 111 (A. R. 476) Terre de faïence plate, 1963, numbered 422/500, with the workshop numbering, inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', glazed...
Ceramic, Earthenware
$9,403
H 1.19 in Dm 9.45 in
Visage Noir Black Face B Service Plate in colored and glazed white earthenware
Located in Madrid, España
Visage Noir Black Face B Service Plate in colored and glazed white earthenware, Pablo Picasso, 1948 Edition of 100, with the Ramié monogram and Madoura Plein Feu print on the revers...
Earthenware
Pablo Picasso, Visage bowl Madoura, 1955
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Face - 1955, (Ramié 290) Round cup turned in white earthenware earth, decoration with engobes under cover Black, green, red Hollow stamp under the base ...
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso - plate "Quatre profils entrelacés" (A.R 86)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in PAU, FR
Pablo Picasso & Atelier Madoura "Quatre profils enlacés" (Four Intertwined Profiles), model created in 1949. Round-square plate. Limited edition "Empreinte Originale" (Original Impr...
Ceramic
$1,200
H 4.62 in W 12.75 in D 9.62 in
Urbano Zaccagnini Italian Ceramic Bowl in the Style of Picasso Mask Face Pottery
By Urbano Zaccagnini, Pablo Picasso
Located in St. Louis, MO
Unique Mid-Century Modern Urbano Zaccagnini white and brown signed ceramic bowl with intaglio relief of African abstract mask in the style of Pablo Picasso ceramics. Urbano opened hi...
Clay
$50,000
H 15 in W 12 in
Pablo Picasso 'Visage de femme' (A. R. 220) Woman's Face Madoura Plate 1953
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Miami, FL
PABLO PICASSO (1881-1973) Visage de femme (A. R. 220) Terre de faïence dish, 1953, from the edition of 400, inscribed 'Edition Picasso' and 'Madoura', glazed and painted, with the ...
Ceramic, Earthenware
Pablo Picasso Madoura Ceramic "Tête de chèvre de profil" Plate
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Bradenton, FL
Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), "Tête de chèvre de profil" or "Goat's Head" Plate. Partially glazed white earthenware with brown and green. This Picasso ceramic plate Ramié 110 ...
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso ceramic plate signed and numbered edition 114/200
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Rio De Janeiro, RJ
Incredible plate hand painted and engraved signed and numbered.
Ceramic
Pablo Picasso, Visage noir (Black Face Pitcher), Madoura, 1953
By Pablo Picasso
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pablo Picasso, Visage noir (Black Face Pitcher), Madoura, 1953 Ramié 191 Edition of 300 Vallauris, France Earthenware pitcher painted in black on white glaze Dimensions: 5.5 in. H ×...
Pottery
Pablo Picasso Black Ceramic Plate 'Deux Danseurs'
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Paris, FR
White earthenware ceramic plate with black engobe and white glaze. Stamped 'Madoura Plein Feu/Empreinte Originale de Picasso' (underneath). (A.R. 380)
Ceramic
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.
Learn the stories of some of the world's most recognizable artworks and their makers.
