Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881 - 1973)

Pablo Picasso

Spanish | 1881 - 1973

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1881. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Fondation Beyeler, Basel. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Scottish National Gallery have featured Pablo Picasso's work in the past.Pablo Picasso's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 179,365,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 179,365,000 USD for Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O'), sold at Christie's New York in 2015. Pablo Picasso has been featured in articles for ARTnews, Daily Art Magazine and FAD Magazine. The most recent article is Art Unlocked: Critics on the One Work That Explains the Great Artists, from Turner to Basquiat written for The Guardian in April 2024. The artist died in 1973.

Artist's alternative names: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Picaso, Picasso

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Current Exhibitions

Honey, I Rearranged the Collection

Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Basel | Switzerland
Feb 15,2024 - Apr 21,2024

The William L. Richter Collection

Bruce Museum
Greenwich | Connecticut | USA
Apr 02,2023 - Apr 21,2024

Articles

"Cats, Owls, and Mountains" Have Taken Over the Tokyo Art Scene
Art Unlocked: Critics on the One Work That Explains the Great Artists, from Turner to Basquiat
Christie’s Partners with Fintech Lender Art Money for Interest Free Payment Plans

Coverage

..Although perhaps best known for his Cubist paintings, Picasso was also a skilled printmaker, exploring myriad ideas and influences in virtually every known technique from intaglio to lithography...

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National Gallery of Canada

..Pablo Picasso is perhaps best known for his paintings, but his sculptures are among the most radical, thought-changing artworks of the modern period...

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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

.. Throughout his life, Picasso felt an attraction for the world of mythology, as demonstrated by his first drawing preserved; Hercules (1890), the legendary hero known for his superhuman strength...

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Museu Picasso de Barcelona

..Women not only played an important role in Picasso's personal life, but also in his work...

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Kunsthal Rotterdam

..Throughout his career, Picasso formulated and adapted an unprecedented variety of styles, yielding works ranging from neo-classical figure paintings to expressive drawings...

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San Jose Museum of Art

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