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What are Picasso s four art periods called?

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What are Picasso
s four art periods called?
Picasso's four art periods are called the Blue period, the Rose period, the African-influenced period and the Cubist period. The Blue period coincided with the turn of the 20th century and included works like The Old Guitarist and The Blue Room. As its name suggests, this period was marked by Picasso's use of shades of blues and greens, which instilled in his paintings a sense of melancholy. Around 1905, Picasso entered his Rose period, adopting a brighter palette of oranges and pinks. Significant works from this time include Autoportrait à la palette and Garçon à la pipe. Many experts point to the 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon as the start of Picasso's African-influenced period, during which Picasso employed a style inspired by Iberian and African tribal art. Picasso made many portraits in this style, most often of the women in his life, their expressively colored faces broken into geometric shards of surface planes. By the 1910s, this style had evolved into Cubism, with Picasso fragmenting his subjects into shapes. On 1stDibs, shop a variety of Pablo Picasso art.
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Peintre et modèle
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Peintre et modèle Lithograph from 1965. Dimensions of work: 23 x 27 cm Reference: Cramer 130 The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure ship...
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1960s Modern More Prints

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Jacqueline
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jacqueline Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 27 x 37.9 cm Dimensions in frame: 43.2 x 53.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'...
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1960s Modern More Prints

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Pablo Picasso, The Blue Rider, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1951
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le cavalier bleu (The Blue Rider), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VII, No. 25–26, originates from the...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Don Quichote
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle ...
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1960s Modern More Prints

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Femme se coiffant
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme se coiffant Lithograph from 1975. Edition 70/575 (Photocopy of the colophone is included). Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.5 cm. Plate signed. Ea...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Femme au chapeau (Dora Maar)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Femme au chapeau (Dora Maar) Lithograph from 1956. Dated ‘7.4.39’ in the plate and inscribed with the name H. Deschamps, the master lithographer chosen ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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