(After) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Cheval Horse...

Beautiful, expressive screen print by Pablo Picasso in the format 50 x 60 cm with the title Horse. The work is a high-quality screen print on handmade paper and in very good condition. Published and printed by the art publishing house since 2000. Text: "Pablo Picasso, "Le Cheval", Copyright: Succession P. Picasso / Sabam Belgium 2003. Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Pferd Art: Fine art print Technique: Screen print on handmade paper Originality: Reproduction Sheet size: 50 x 60 cm Condition: New Origin: Art publishing house Era: Classical Modern Nationality: Spanish Art Pablo Picasso: Pablo Picasso, born October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, and died April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France, was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. As a co-founder of Cubism and creator of numerous revolutionary works, Picasso decisively shaped modern art. His versatility and innovative power extended to painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and theatre design. Picasso began his artistic training in La Coruña and Barcelona, before moving to Madrid and later Paris. In Paris, the then-centre of the art world, he came into contact with the works of Paul Cézanne, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and the Impressionists, whose influences are visible in his early works. Cézanne’s structural approach and the Impressionists’ experimental use of color profoundly influenced Picasso’s development. Cézanne’s work “Mont Sainte-Victoire” and Toulouse-Lautrec’s works such as “At the Moulin Rouge” influenced Picasso’s early artistic vision. A significant turning point in Picasso’s career was his Blue Period (1901–1904), characterized by melancholic themes and blue tones. These works, such as “The Old Guitarist” (1903), reflect the emotional depth and expressiveness also found in the works of Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and Munch’s “The Scream” show a similar intense emotional resonance. The Blue Period marked Picasso’s deep engagement with human existence and its suffering, akin to existential themes in the works of Käthe Kollwitz. The decisive rupture with traditional representation came with the development of Cubism, which Picasso and Georges Braque began around 1907. A key work of this period is “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907), which dismantles the human figure into angular, geometric forms and paved the way for the Cubist movement. Cubism influenced many artists, including Fernand Léger and Juan Gris, who became important representatives of this movement. Léger’s “The City” and Gris’s “Portrait of Pablo Picasso” are iconic Cubist works. Picasso’s and Braque’s works during this period also influenced artists such as Robert Delaunay and Francis Picabia, who integrated Cubism into their own often colorful and dynamic styles. In the 1920s, Picasso began to take an interest in Surrealism and created works inspired by dreams and the subconscious. This phase shows the influence of artists like Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí, whose Surrealist depictions of the unconscious and the dream world bear parallels to Picasso’s works. Miró’s “Carnival of Harlequin” and Dalí’s “The Persistence of Memory” are iconic Surrealist works exploring similar themes and techniques. The works of Max Ernst and René Magritte, who emphasize the surreal and dreamlike, also show a kinship with Picasso’s Surrealist experiments. Picasso’s monumental work “Guernica” (1937) is a powerful political statement against war and destruction. The painting, which depicts the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, combines Cubist and Surrealist elements into a compelling condemnation of violence and oppression. This work sits in a line with the politically engaged works of artists like Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, whose murals also convey strong social and political messages. Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads” and Orozco’s “Prometheus” are examples of using art as a means of social and political commentary. Guernica also influenced artists like Francis Bacon, whose gloomy and distorted figures convey a similar intensity and emotion. Throughout his career, Picasso repeatedly returned to traditional subjects like portraits and still lifes, reinterpreting them in innovative ways. His portraits of Dora Maar and Marie-Thérèse Walter reveal deep psychological complexity and emotional intensity, reminiscent of the works of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Schiele’s “Self-Portrait” and Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I” offer insights into similar psychological and emotional depths. The use of color and form in these portraits shows parallels to the expressive and symbolic representations of Frida Kahlo, whose self-portraits also delve deeply into her personal and emotional world. In later years, Picasso continued to experiment with different styles and techniques. His works from the 1950s and 1960s, such as the series “Maler und Modell” and the “Las Meninas” variations, show a continual search for new forms of expression and engagement with art history. These works dialogue with classical masters like Diego Velázquez and Rembrandt, whose works Picasso uniquely interpreted and developed. Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” and Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” are iconic works that inspired Picasso’s later pieces. The interpretation of classical themes is also found in the works of David Hockney and Anselm Kiefer, who integrate historical and artistic references into their contemporary works. Shipping information: We roll prints onto sturdy cardboard tubes, wrap them with corrugated cardboard, and ship them in sturdy boxes. 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Estimación:€150

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