Pablo Picasso

by Taschen

This Taschen Art Portfolio contains 14 framable color prints, byPablo Picasso, one of the world’s most influential artists.
One name in the history of 20th century art stands out over all the others: Pablo Picasso. Whether as painter, graphic artist or sculptor, he displayed an inventive enterprise and innovative bravado that always kept him one step ahead of his contemporaries. As one of them, the painter Max Ernst, ruefully put it "No one can touch Picasso. He is genius incarnate." Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain, and encouraged in his talent from an early age. His father, himself a painter, nurtured his son's gift, ensuring he had brushes and palette on hand. By the time he was twelve, young Pablo was on his way. And in the course of a long and fulfilled life, which was not without its setbacks but was free of financial worries, he established a plausible claim to be seen as the presiding genius of the century. The works selected here covers Picasso's entire output, from the less familiar to key masterpieces such as Guernica, from the Blue and Rose Periods early in his career through his cubist and classicist phases and the formal experiments of the Thirties to his later involvement with politics in art.

Genres: Art, Art Design

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

'Taschen is an art book publisher founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen in Cologne, Germany. It began as Taschen Comics publishing Benedikt's extensive comic collection. Taschen has been a noteworthy force in making lesser-seen art available to mainstream bookstores, including some fetishistic imagery, queer art, historical erotica, pornography and adult magazines (including multiple books with Playboy magazine). Taschen has helped bring this art into broader public view, by publishing these potentially controversial volumes alongside its more mainstream books of comics reprints, art photography, painting, design, fashion, advertising history, film, and architecture.' - Wikipedia

Reviews

[José Azuaje-FIdalgo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Taschen portfolio curates not merely prints, but fragments of a seismic artistic consciousness—Pablo Picasso’s. Spanning his protean evolution from melancholic Blue Period to the revolutionary fracture of form in Cubism, each piece is a testament to a mind in perpetual rebellion against visual orthodoxy. Picasso did not depict reality; he reconfigured it with audacity and metaphysical mischief. These 14 images serve less as decorative ephemera than as mnemonic anchors of a century haunted and exhilarated by modernism. Here, art becomes not just representation, but rupture—an echo of the 20th century’s convulsions and creative triumphs.

— José Azuaje-Fidalgo

[NunoAvelar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Representa sinteticamente a obra de Picasso, não só como pintor, mas também como escultor, ceramista, desenhador de gravuras e cartazes. Com muitas imagens das suas principais obras.
Peca pela biografia, podia ser mais completa e pela carência deimagens da vida privada de Picasso.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting and educational read if you want to know more about Picasso, his art and his life.

[Joshua Friesen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful artwork.