Picasso, Pablo Ruiz

(10/31/1881 Malaga-4/8/ 1973) (Spain / France); aka [birth name] Ruiz y Picasso, Pablo

   Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, ceramicist, stage set designer, and poet. One of the most important figures of Modernism, developer of Cubism, he worked in a progression of styles throughout his long career. Trained by his artist father, briefly studied at the Academy of the Arts in Madrid, at 15 he attended art school in Barcelona. He was a prolific creator of artworks in many media. During several periods in his life he produced a considerable number of erotic images. Perhaps more has been written about and more exhibitions have been held featuring his erotica, than any other single artist.

   Reproductions: 347 Series—\#31 and \#29; 1968; etching; Philips, 1979: figs. 257, 258 . Accouplements; 1933; drawing; Neret, 2000: pp. 538-39 [B]. Angel Fernandez de Soto with a woman; c1902-03; watercolor and ink; Neret, 1993: p. 120 . [Artist and model copulating]; print; Klinger, 1982c: figs. 241-244 [B]. [Artist and model copulating while old man looks on]; 1968; etching; Bentley, 1984: p. 146 [B]. Bull, horse, and sleeping girl; 1934; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 257 [B]. [Close-up view of penis entering vagina]; drawing ; Neret, 2000: p. 536 [B]. Clown et femme; lithograph; Philips, 1979: fig. 129 [B]. Couple; 1964: Lucie-Smith, 1997: p. 79 [C]. Couple; 1970-71; oil; Neret, 2000: p. 534 [C]. Couple au lit; etching; Wanna, 1979: p. 303 [B] / Philips, 1979: fig. 253 [B]. [Couple copulating]; 1963; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 45 [B]. Couple in coitus; 1964; Neret, 2000: p. 23 [C]. Coupling; 1933; Erotic drawings, 2004: pp. 187, 189 [B]. Dancing nymph and satyr; 1968; lithograph; Smith, 1974: 139 [B]. [Drawing]; 1927; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 158 [B]. Embrace; 1903; oil; Hurwood, 1975: p. 194 [B] / Smith, 1974: 83 [B] / Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 111 [B] / Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 153 [B]. [Erotic engravings]; 1968-72; Neret, 2000: pp. 558-84 [B]. Erotic scene; 1971; Erotic drawings, 2004: pp. 243, 245 [C]. Etreinte IV; 1963; Wallace 2007: p. 172 [B]. Etreinte III; 1963; Wallace 2007: p. 172 [B]. Etreinte II; 1963; Wallace 2007: p. 172 [B]. Femmes nues a la fleur; 1971; Lucie-Smith, 1997: p. 122 [C]. Figures in pink; 1905; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 147 [B]. [Four ceramics]; 1962; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 156 [C]. Frenzy; 1900; pastel; Neret 1993: p. 116 [C]. Isidro Nonell and a female figure ; ink and wa- tercolor; 1901-02; Smith, 1980: p. 21 [C]. L'Etreinte; 1969; oil; Neret, 2000: p. 535 [C]. La Douleur [fellatio scene]; 1903; Wallace 2007: p. 173 [C]. Le Baiser; 1969; oil; Olley, 2005: p. 69 [C]. Les Amoureux; 1968; pencil; Olley, 2005: p. 68 [C]. [Lovers]; c1963; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1968: pp. 112, 113 [B] / Brusendorff, 1960b: pp. 108, 109, 113 [B]. Lovers and the cat; 1902; pen and wash; Bentley, 1984: titlepage [C] / Smith, 1980: pp. 108-9 [C]. [Lovers watched by man]; 1968; etching; Kronhausen, 1973: pp. 14-15 [B]. Mackerel; c1902-03; colored ink; Neret, 1993: p. 156 [C]. Man and woman; 1927; etching; Tilly, 1986: titlepage [B]. Man and woman; 1969; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 170 [B]. Man with flute; oil; Smith, 1974: pp. 140-41 [C]. Minotaur and nude; 1933; ink; Tilly, 1986: p. 60 [C]. Minotaur watching a sleeping girl; 1933; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 176 [B]. Naked man and woman; Melville, 1973: fig. 189 [B]. Nude; 1970; engraving; Neret, 2000: p. 537 [B]. [Nude "girl friends"]; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 111 [B]. [Nude woman kissing man]; Hill, 1993: frontispiece [C]. Nymph and satyr; 1968; Neret, 1994: p. 641 [B]. O.T.; watercolor; 1903; Sommer, 1981: p. 14. [Orgy of four people]; 1959; etching; Glynn, 1973: p. 46 [B]. Putto threatening kneeling girl with a mask; 1954; Lucie-Smith, 1972: p. 259 [B]. Rape; Bacon, 1969: p. 49 [B] / Melville, 1973: fig. 146 [B]. Raphael and La Fornarina; 1968; etching; Webb, 1975: p. 248 [B] / Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 223 [B]. Raphael et la Fornarina II; Wallace 2007: 1968: p. 174 [C]. Raphael et la Fornarina XV; Wallace 2007: 1968: p. 174 [C]. Raphael et la Fornar- ina XXI; Wallace 2007: 1968: p. 175 [C]. Raphael et la Fornarina XXIII; Wallace 2007: 1968: p. 175 [C]. Raphael le Bienheureux series; [25] etchings; 1968; Gorsen, 1970: p. 1616 [B]. Sketchbook; 1971; Neret, 2000: pp. 540-557, 585-593 [C]. [Two nude women in bed]; 1963; etching; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 44 [B]. Union (Mars and Venus); 1971; Erotic drawings, 2004: pp. 237, 239, 241 [C]. Un-titled [close-up of vagina]; 1971; pencil; Erotic drawings, 2004: p. 247 [B]. [Voyeur watches artist and woman copulating]; 1968; lithograph; Smith, 1974: 138 [B]. [Woman fellating young man]; 1977; oil; Kronhausen, 1970c: p. 43 [B]. Woman of easy virtue; 1903; Neret, 1994: p. 639 [c]. Woman pissing; 1965; oil; Neret, 1993: p. 159 [C] / Neret, 1994: p. 640 [C]. [Woman struggles with man]; lithograph; Kronhausen, 1970c: 46 [B]. [Woman's genitalia]; Smith, 1974: p. X [B]. Women's sexes; 1971; Neret, 1994: pp. 642-43

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