Wikipedia tells us briefly about this world renowned painter whose influence in the work of arts spanned decades of recognition.

Pablo Picasso is born as “Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso on October 25, 1881. He was a Spanish painter, draughtsman, and sculptor. As one of the most recognized figures in 20th-century art, he is best known for co-founding the Cubist movement and for the wide variety of styles embodied in his work. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907) and his depiction of the German bombing of Guernica (1937) during the Spanish Civil War. ”

He died at the age of 91 on April 8 , 1973 leaving a legacy of exceptionally prolific man of arts . He has produced a total number of artworks estimated at 50,000; 1,885 were paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, thousands of prints, and tapestries and rugs!

The reason I mention this is because of the popularity of paintings by Pablo Picasso of our day. It seems that every week I see another Picasso print to a friend. The problem is that the quality varies greatly, from reproduction to the other. Sometimes you will see a very good painting that captures Picasso in almost every detail. Others, however, are boring and weak, losing the luster of the original.

Therefore, if you want to buy prints of Picasso, you should go see original paintings by Picasso first. He had a very specific sensibility and style to him, even if you can not see the painting of Picasso, you are looking to buy a copy, you can get a pretty good idea of what it will look. After that, you can find art prints that correspond more closely to the spirit of the original. When you know what to look for, you’ll have a much better chance of finding something of quality.

The most famous painting by Picasso, not coincidentally, the most reproduced one is  Picasso’s Guernica. You see all reproductions on the site – from every college campus outside the building blocks. It depicts the horrors of war in a way that only the tortured mind of Pablo Picasso could. All forms are dispersed, painful, and disintegrated. Everything is chaos and terror.

Of course, just a taste of Picasso’s painting is not a guarantee that you will like the others. In many ways, it is  the strength of the artist. He crossed so many different eras, and his work in many different styles. A fan of some of his work can find each totally unrecognizable. Some of his works are simple ink drawings on paper, while others use more complex techniques of painting. I can not even imagine what it must be like for your own Pablo Picasso painting. If I had a few hundred thousand dollars to begin to resolve this problem, you can be sure that I would choose in a second!