Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter born on 25 October 1881 in Malaga, Spain. Picasso began to show a talent for art at an early age and received his first lessons from his father. At 13, Picasso had developed an ability that surpassed his father’s. The following year, he moved with his family to Barcelona, where he entered the School of Fine Arts.
Picasso found the academic curricula restricting, even after switching to the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1897. He spent plenty of time skipping classes to roam and paint street scenes. In the early 1900s, Picasso moved to Paris, where he opened his studio. His professional career boasts a portfolio of experimentations with different mediums and themes.
Picasso was famous for his expertise and earned the patronage of wealthy individuals like Ambroise Vollard. His experimentations often reflected his mood or emotional state. After the Second World War, Picasso joined the Communist party and became more involved in politics. Consequently, he won the International Lenin Peace Prize twice.
Picasso’s legacy remains evergreen, as he remains one of the most famous artists the world has ever seen, matching his celebrity status with a plethora of masterpieces, highly coveted years after his death. He died in Mougins on 8 April 1973 of heart failure while having dinner with his wife and friends.
What was Pablo Picasso Known For?
Pablo Picasso was known for painting several masterpieces in different mediums and styles. Critics categorized Picasso’s works by the dominating color of his artworks. Hence, the artist’s periods include Blue Period, Rose Period, and the Classical Period. Picasso is also known as one of the forerunners of Cubism.
What Art Movement is Pablo Picasso Associated With?
Pablo Picasso is associated with Realism, Cubism, and Surrealism artworks.
Pablo Picasso Artwork
Below are some of the masterpieces of Pablo Picasso
A Red Skirt
A spanish couple in front of inn
Bulls’s Head
Child with dove
First Communion
Girl in Front of Mirror
Girl on the ball
Guernica
Longchamp
Massacre in Korea
Science and Charity
Still Life with Caned Chair
The Blind Man’s Meal
The Blue Room
The Dream
The Girls of Avignon
The Old Guitarist 
The Weeping Woman
Woman with Cat
All Pablo Picasso Artwork on Artchive
| Artwork Name |
Year |
Medium |
| The Sleepers |
1965 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Self-portrait |
1899-1900 |
Charcoal On Paper |
| Woman Ironing |
1904 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Musketeer With Pipe |
1968 |
Oil On Canvas |
| L'aubade |
1965 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Portrait Of Daniel-henry Kahnweiler |
1910 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Harlequin And Woman With A Necklace |
1917 |
Oil On Canvas |
| Woman in an Armchair |
1941 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Au Bon Marche |
1913 |
collage,oil,cardboard |
| Boy Leading a Horse |
1906 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Dance |
1925 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Evocation (The Burial of Casagemas) |
1901 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Guernica |
1937 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Seated Old Man |
1970 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Seated Man (Self-portrait) |
1965 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Glass and Bottle of Suze |
1912 |
charcoal,collage,gouache,cardboard |
| Portrait of Ambroise Vollard |
1910 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Glass of Absinthe |
1914 |
Painted bronze with perforated silver absinthe spoon |
| Accordionist |
1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Aficionado |
1912 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Guitar Player |
1910 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Les Demoiselles d'Avignon |
1907 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Still Life with Death's Head |
1907 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Brick Factory in Tortosa (Factory at Horta de Ebro) |
1909 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Girl with a Goat (La jeune fille a la chevre) |
1906 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Maquette for Guitar |
1912 |
collage,oil,cardboard |
| Houses on the Hill, Horta de Ebro |
1909 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Man with a Hat |
1912 |
charcoal,collage,paper |
| Man with a Violin |
1912 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Las Meninas (after Velazquez) |
1957 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Landscape with Bridge |
1909 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Rembrandtesque Figure and Cupid |
1969 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Reservoir at Horta |
1909 |
oil |
| Still-life with Fruit-dish on a Table |
1914-15 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self-portrait with Uncombed Hair |
1896 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self Portrait Yo Picasso |
1901 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self-portrait Yo |
1901 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self-portrait with Cloak |
1901 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self-portrait with a Palette |
1906 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self Portrait Facing Death |
1972 |
Pencil and Crayon on paper |
| Skull and Pitcher |
1945 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Spanish Still Life Sun and Shadow |
1912 |
Oil and ripolin on Canvas |
| Gertrude Stein |
1906 |
Oil on Canvas |
| House in a Garden (House and Trees) |
1908 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Woman Sitting in an Armchair, 12 October 1941 |
1941 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Woman with a Cigarette |
1903 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Acrobat and Young Harlequin (Acrobate et jeune Arlequin) |
1905 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Young Painter |
1972 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Glass |
1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Still Life with Violin and Fruit |
1912 |
Charcoal, black chalk, watercolor, oil paint, coarse |
| Boy with a Pipe (P'tit Louis) |
1905 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Portrait of Carlota Valdivia (later called Celestina) |
1903 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Old Guitarist |
1903 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Ma Jolie (Woman with a Zither or Guitar) |
1912 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Bottle of Vieux Marc, Glass, and Newspaper |
1913 |
collage,Ink on Paper |
| Composition The Peasants (Composition les paysans) |
1906 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Girl with a Mandolin (Fanny Tellier) |
1910 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Guitar, Sheet Music, Glass |
1912 |
collage,Ink on Paper |
| La vie |
1903 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Large Heads |
1969 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Portrait of a Girl |
1914 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Siphon, Glass, Newspaper, and Violin |
1912 |
Pasted paper and charcoal |
| Souvenir de Havre |
1912 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Still Life on a Piano |
1911 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Still Life with bowl and Fruit |
1912 |
chalk,charcoal,oil,watercolor,cardboard |
| Still Life with Chair-Caning |
1912 |
collage |
| The Dream |
1932 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Man with the Golden Helmet (after Rembrandt) |
1969 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Scallop Shell Notre Avenir est dans l'air. |
1912 |
Oil on Canvas (oval) |
| Three Musicians |
1921 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Woman and Child on the Seashore |
1921 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Portrait of Jaime Sabartes |
1901 |
Oil on Canvas |
| The Death of Casagemas |
1901 |
Oil on Wood |
| Glass and Bottle of Bass |
1914 |
Pasted paper and charcoal on cardboard |
| Head of a Woman (Olga Picasso) |
1935 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Paul as Harlequin |
1924 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Portrait of Manuel Pallares |
1909 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde |
1910 |
Oil on Canvas |
| Self-portrait |
c.1900 |
charcoal,paper |
| Three Women |
1908 |
Oil on Canvas |
