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Portrait of an Old Man by Pablo Picasso

Portrait of an Old Man

Pablo Picasso · 1896

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Artist
Pablo Picasso
Date
1896
ART MOVEMENTS
CubismPost-ImpressionismSurrealism
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Pablo Picasso

1881–1973 · Spain

Pablo Picasso, the Spanish painter who co-founded Cubism, revolutionized 20th-century art with a career spanning over 76 years.

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Beyond Picasso and Post-Impressionism: works from the same years, and from the other movements Portrait of an Old Man belongs to.

Antwerp Same movement · Cubism Antwerp Georges Braque · 1906 · Art Institute of Chicago A Woman Walking in a Garden Same era · 1880s–1910s A Woman Walking in a Garden Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · Frans Buffa & sons Death in the Garden (Legend) Same movement · Surrealism Death in the Garden (Legend) Paul Klee · 1919 · Art Institute of Chicago Still Life with Crayfish Same era · 1880s–1910s Still Life with Crayfish Mikhail Larionov · 1900 · Museum Ludwig Dada Gauguin Same movement · Surrealism Dada Gauguin Max Ernst · 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Same era · 1880s–1910s Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1906 · Museum Frieder Burda The Eye Same movement · Surrealism The Eye René Magritte · 1932 · Art Institute of Chicago A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Same era · 1880s–1910s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 Okada Saburosuke · 1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
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