His work is in the collection of every major institution, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid Museum Ludwig, Cologne Tate Modern, London the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. After his death, he left an extensive body of work, which eventually was compiled in the Musée Picasso in Paris. Picasso is considered one of the most recognized figures of the 20thcentury. Picasso painted many portraits of his lovers throughout his career, many of which are now his most prized works. Picasso’s life and work was deeply informed by his many love affairs with such women as Marie-Thérèse Walter, Dora Maar, and Françoise Gilot. In the years after Cubism, Picasso again continued to easily vacillate between a wide variety of styles, including a neoclassical style during the 1920s, effortlessly combining his myriad of influences into a colorful and expressionistic style uniquely his own. The African-influenced Period took elements from traditional African sculpture, which then led to Picasso's Cubist Period, in which objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form.
Cubism was one of the most influential visual art styles of the early twentieth century. The harlequin, depicted in checkered patterned clothing, became a personal symbol for Picasso himself. Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Rose Period is characterized by a more cheery palette of orange and pink colors, featuring many circus people such as acrobats and harlequins. The Blue Period consists of somber paintings rendered in shades of blue and blue-green. Picasso's early work can be categorized into four periods: The Blue Period (1901-1904), the Rose Period (1905-1907), the African-influenced Period (1908-1909) and Cubism (1909-1919). It was soon apparent to Ruiz that his son surpassed his talent, and Picasso was sent to Madrid's Royal Academy of San Fernando. From the age of seven, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father, Jose Ruiz, who was also a painter. Pablo Picasso was born in Málaga, Spain on October 25, 1881.
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