Friday 15 November 2013

The 10 Most Famous Pablo Picasso Artworks

10 – Three Musicians

This artwork is in the New York Museum of Modern Art now.It is part of series painted while was with his young family in the Fontaineblueau in the summer of 1921. Three Musicians is a large painting measuring more than 2 meters wide and high.
Three Musicians By Pablo Picasso
Three-Musicians-By-Pablo-Picasso

09 – Girl Before A Mirror

This painting was painted in March 1932. The young girl was named Marie Therese Walter and was painted multiple times during the 1930’s by Picasso.
Girl Before A Mirror By Pablo Picasso
Girl Before A Mirror By Pablo Picasso

08 – The Old Guitarist

It is painted after the suicide death of Picasso’s close friend, Casagemas in 1903. This work was created in Madrid, and the distorted style is reminiscent of the works of El Greco.
The Old Guitarist
The Old Guitarist

07 – Seated Woman (Marie-Therese)

Seated Woman is painted at the start of an amazingly prolific year, in which Picasso produced many powerful creations, including Guernica (1937). Pablo Picasso again returns to his technique of red and green polarisation to add a further dimension of animation.
Seated Woman (Marie-Therese) By Pablo Picasso
Seated Woman (Marie-Therese) By Pablo Picasso

06 – Dora Maar au Chat

Dora Maar au Chat was painted in 1941. It is one of Picasso’s most valued depictions of his lover and artistic companion. The painting is also remarkable for its brilliance of colour and the complex and dense patterning of the model’s dress.
Dora Maar au Chat By Pablo Picasso - Most Famous Pablo Picasso Artworks
Dora Maar au Chat By Pablo Picasso

05 – Blue Nude

This masterpiece is one of the Picasso’s early works. It was created in 1902 at a time when Pablo Picasso was still mourning over a friend’s tragic death.
Blue Nude By Pablo Picasso
Blue Nude By Pablo Picasso

04 – Le Rêve (The Dream)

It is a 1932 oil painting. He is portraying his 24-year-old mistress Marie-Thérèse Walter in this artwork. It belongs to Pablo Picasso’s period of distorted depictions, with its oversimplified outlines and contrasted colors resembling early Fauvism.
Le Rêve (The Dream) By Pablo Picasso
Le Rêve (The Dream) By Pablo Picasso

03 – Asleep

Model is again Marie-Therese Walter. Painted in 1932. We see her asleep, her body resting between the two powerful polarized color blocks of red and green. It is a really weird combination of beauty and ugliness, another theme that continually fascinated Picasso.
Asleep By Pablo Picasso
Asleep By Pablo Picasso

02 – Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

This masterpiece is created in the early months of 1932. Marie-Therese Walter is model again. The painting was sold for a price of $106.5 million which was a world record in 2010.
Nude, Green Leaves and Bust By Pablo Picasso
Nude, Green Leaves and Bust By Pablo Picasso

01 – Les Demoiselles d’Avignon

This paintings was painted in 1907 and it was called the most innovative painting since the work of Giotto. he reductionism and contortion of space in the painiting was incredible, and dislocation of faces explosive.
Les Demoiselles d Avignon
Les Demoiselles d Avignon

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