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From the early works of Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods to his groundbreaking Cubist works, works in which form for the first time presided over content, through to the late work of the almost ninety-year-old artist, the exhibition in Berlin presents the artist of genius from a very biographical perspective. People close to him were his preferred models. Indeed, he kept a great number of his portraits as mementos alongside works which he regarded as having played a significant role in his development as an artist.

Throughout Picasso’s life the human figure remained the determining theme in his creative oeuvre. His figures tended ever more towards abstraction; they reached the boundaries of non-figuration without ever becoming entirely abstract.In its endless transformations and distortions the human body remained Picasso’s central concern.

Internationally renowned paintings such as the classic portrait of his son, “Paul as Harlequin”, from 1924 and icons such as his “Bull’s Head” from 1942, which Picasso sculpted from a bicycle seat and a set of handlebars, reveal the extraordinary diversity of his formal vocabulary. From Picasso’s “Self-Portrait” painted in 1901 at the tender age of twenty to other works such as which Picasso painted as late as October 1970, this exhibition drawn from the collection of the Musée Picasso . Complemented by a large selection of photos from the Picasso Archive, the exhibition offers visitors a significant insight into the eventful and multifaceted life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists.

Pablo Picasso is one of the most well known artists of the twentieth century. Though born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, he spend a major portion of his life in Paris and most of his famous artworks were created while in France.

The Musée Picasso in Paris is home to a collection of his artworks which the artist held in his possession throughout his lifetime. After his death ownership of the works was transferred to the French government in lieu of death duties. It consists of 90 paintings and sculptures and over 80 works on paper which span Pablo Picasso’s complete range of work.

Since 1985, the Musée National Picasso is located in the Hôtel Salé in Paris, a seventeenth-century palace located in the centre of the city. They now constitute the most substantial and significant collection of works by the artist Picasso. On the ocassion of the 20th anniversary , the the National Gallery in Berlin present a comprehensive exhibition of the artworks of Picasso.

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