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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso, who lived from 1881 to 1973, was an influential Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, stage designer, playwright and poet.

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Author and poet, Gertrude Stein dressed in dark clothes, sitting on a sofa with a side table to the right of the picture

Author and poet, Gertrude Stein dressed in dark clothes, sitting on a sofa with a side table to the right of the picture

Gertrude Stein: A complex pioneer of modernism

Gertrude Stein: A complex pioneer of modernism

The Jewish-American lesbian experimental author and avant-garde art collector also had ties with pro-Nazi officials.

Picture of a painting titled "Madame Soler" by artist Pablo Picasso hangs on a white wall.

Picture of a painting titled "Madame Soler" by artist Pablo Picasso hangs on a white wall.

Nazi-looted art: Is Germany delaying restitution?

Nazi-looted art: Is Germany delaying restitution?

The Washington Principles on the return of Nazi-looted art were set 25 years ago. But there is still no restitution law.

In a black and white photo taken by Lee Miller in London in 1941, two women sit at the entrance to a wooden air-raid shelter, both turned to the right towards the camera. The woman on the right wears a protective metal mask over her eyes; the woman on the left wears a protective metal mask with eye holes over her entire face, and a metal helmet.

In a black and white photo taken by Lee Miller in London in 1941, two women sit at the entrance to a wooden air-raid shelter, both turned to the right towards the camera. The woman on the right wears a protective metal mask over her eyes; the woman on the left wears a protective metal mask with eye holes over her entire face, and a metal helmet.

Lee Miller: From muse to war photographer

Lee Miller: From muse to war photographer

Lee Miller's photography offers a compelling insight into the early 20th century, from fashion to art to war reporting.

Picasso's 'Buste de femme' from 1971 on show at the Van Ham auction house in Cologne, with woman walking by the painting.

Picasso's 'Buste de femme' from 1971 on show at the Van Ham auction house in Cologne, with woman walking by the painting.

Picasso's 'Buste de Femme' auctioned in Germany

Picasso's 'Buste de Femme' auctioned in Germany

For the first time in 25 years, a late work by Pablo Picasso was auctioned off in Germany.

Picture of a man in a suit identified as Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso, standing in front of the Spanish painter's masterpiece "Guernica."

Picture of a man in a suit identified as Bernard Ruiz-Picasso, grandson of Pablo Picasso, standing in front of the Spanish painter's masterpiece "Guernica."

Pablo Picasso 'saw the joy and also the pain of life'

Pablo Picasso 'saw the joy and also the pain of life'

The grandson of Pablo Picasso and his first wife owns one of the largest private collections of Picasso artwork.

People on a rock structure looking at a poster with a picture of Pablo Picasso.

People on a rock structure looking at a poster with a picture of Pablo Picasso.

On the trail of Pablo Picasso's travels

On the trail of Pablo Picasso's travels

We follow his travels from Malaga to Antibes via Barcelona and Paris on the 50th anniversary of his death.

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Picasso painting "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" cubist style naked women.

Picasso painting "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" cubist style naked women.

Pablo Picasso: Reassessing the artist's toxic masculinity

Pablo Picasso saw his wives, muses and mistresses as either "goddesses" or "doormats." Does this affect his legacy?

Picasso's mural War and Peace

Picasso's mural War and Peace

Picasso's image in East and West Germany

The influential artist was viewed through drastically different ideological lenses in former East and West Germany.

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