(After) Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Cheval Horse - Artprint Serigraph - Horse Pferd, 1907

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

Published and printed by the art publisher from 2000 onward.

Text: "Pablo Picasso, ‘Le Cheval’, Copyright: Succession P. Picasso / Sabam Belgium 2003."

Artist: Pablo Picasso
Title: Horse
Type: Art print
Technique: Screen print on handmade paper
Originality: Reproduction
Sheet dimensions: 50 x 60 cm
Condition: New
Origin: Art publisher
Period: Classical Modernism
Nationality: Spanish art

Pablo Picasso:
Pablo Picasso, born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain, and died on 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 of art, Picasso decisively shaped modern art. His versatility and innovative spirit extended across painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and set 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 encountered the works of Paul Cézanne, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, and the Impressionists, whose influence is evident in his early works. Cézanne’s structural approach and the Impressionists’ experimental use of color had a profound impact on Picasso’s development. Cézanne’s “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 shades of blue. These works, such as “The Old Guitarist” (1903), reflect the emotional depth and expressive power also found in the works of Vincent van Gogh and Edvard Munch. Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” and Munch’s “The Scream” convey a similar emotional intensity. The Blue Period marked Picasso’s profound engagement with human existence and suffering, much like the existential themes in Käthe Kollwitz’s works.

The decisive break with traditional representation came with the development of Cubism, which Picasso and Georges Braque began developing together in 1907. A key work from this period is “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” (1907), which breaks 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, both of whom became important representatives of the movement. Léger’s “The City” and Gris’s “Portrait of Pablo Picasso” are iconic works of Cubism. Picasso and Braque’s work during this period also influenced artists such as Robert Delaunay and Francis Picabia, who incorporated 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 of his career reveals the influence of artists such as Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí, whose Surrealist depictions of the unconscious and the dream world have parallels with Picasso’s work. Miró’s “Harlequin’s Carnival” and Dalí’s “The Persistence of Memory” are iconic Surrealist works that explore similar themes and techniques. The works of Max Ernst and René Magritte, which emphasize the surreal and dreamlike, also reveal a spiritual affinity 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 in a compelling indictment of violence and oppression. This work is part of a tradition of politically engaged art by artists such as Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco, whose murals also convey powerful social and political messages. Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads” and Orozco’s “Prometheus” are examples of art being used as a means of social and political commentary. Guernica also influenced artists such as Francis Bacon, whose dark, 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 reveal a profound 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 insight into similar psychological and emotional depths. The use of color and form in these portraits has parallels with the expressive and symbolic depictions of Frida Kahlo, whose self-portraits also delve deeply into her personal and emotional world.

In the later years of his life, Picasso continued to experiment with different styles and techniques. His works from the 1950s and 1960s, such as the “Painter and Model” series and the “Las Meninas” variations, show an ongoing search for new forms of expression and an engagement with art history. These works are in dialogue with the Old Masters, such as Diego Velázquez and Rembrandt, whose work Picasso interpreted and developed in a unique way. Velázquez’s “Las Meninas” and Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch” are iconic works that inspired Picasso’s later art. Interpretations of classical themes can also be found in the works of David Hockney and Anselm Kiefer, who incorporate historical and artistic references into their contemporary works.

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