Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - L'Ecureuil - Eichhörnchen, 1907

Beautiful, expressive fine art print by Pablo Picasso in the format 60 x 50 cm titled Squirrel. The work is a high-quality screen print on handmade paper and in very good condition.

- printed and published by Kunstverlag circa 1990-2020
- acquired directly from Kunstverlag
- stored professionally and light-protected in a graphic archive since then

Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Squirrel
Type: Fine art print
Technique: Screen print on handmade paper
Originality: Reproduction
Sheet size: 60 x 50 cm
Condition: New, perfect condition
Origin: Kunstverlag
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 artworks, Picasso decisively shaped modern art. His versatility and inventive power extended across painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and stage design.

Picasso began his artistic training in La Coruña and Barcelona, before moving to Madrid and later to Paris. In Paris, then the center of the art world, he came into contact with works by 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 pivotal 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 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 Käthe Kollwitz's works.

The decisive break with traditional representation came with the development of Cubism, which Picasso, together with Georges Braque, began around 1907. A key work of this period is “Les Demoiselles d'Avignon” (1907), which decomposes 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 both became important figures 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 like Robert Delaunay and Francis Picabia, who integrated Cubism into their own often colorful and dynamic styles.

In the 1920s, Picasso began to show 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 dream world parallel Picasso's works. Miró’s “Harlequin’s Carnival” 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 spiritual 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 stark indictment of violence and oppression. This work sits in a line with the politically engaged works by 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 somber and distorted figures convey a similar intensity and emotion.

Throughout his career, Picasso repeatedly returned to traditional subjects such as portraits and still lifes, which he reinterpreted in innovative ways. His portraits of Dora Maar and Marie-Thérèse Walter demonstrate deep psychological complexity and emotional intensity, reminiscent of the works by 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 depictions of Frida Kahlo, whose self-portraits also delve deeply into her personal and emotional world.

In later years, Picasso continued to experiment with various styles and techniques. His works from the 1950s and 1960s, such as the series “The Artist and the Model” and the variations on “Las Meninas,” 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 interpreted and developed in unique ways. 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 incorporate historical and artistic references into their contemporary works.

Picasso's influence spans multiple generations and movements. Artists such as David Hockney and Jasper Johns have integrated elements of Picasso's stylistic variety and ingenuity into their own works. Hockney's colorful and experimental landscapes and Johns's iconic representations of the American flag and numbers illustrate the breadth of Picasso's impact. Contemporary artists like Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, known for their provocative and iconic works, also draw on Picasso's groundbreaking approaches. Koons’s “Balloon Dog” and Hirst’s “The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living” reflect the ongoing engagement with materiality and concept that Picasso foreshadowed in his numerous artistic phases.

In summary, Pablo Picasso remains a central figure in art history, whose influence extends across many movements and generations of artists. His ability to fuse different styles and techniques and to continually explore new avenues of artistic expression makes him an inexhaustible source of inspiration for artists worldwide. From the Impressionists through the Cubists to the Surrealists and contemporary icons of the art world, Picasso repeatedly redefined the boundaries of the possible and remains a living legacy in 21st-century art.

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