Pablo picasso ceramics biography examples

Between the years of and , Pablo Picasso created a breathtaking collection of original ceramic works.

Over the past fifty years, Park West Museum has developed one of the largest collections of Picasso ceramics in the world.

Our current collection includes 98 individual works, covering a broad range of Picasso’s techniques and subjects.

But how did Picasso—best known for his paintings—first become interested in ceramics? And how does his pottery fit into his larger body of work?

Join us for this brief history of Picasso ceramics, the results of a truly remarkable period in the life of one of the 20^th-century’s greatest artists.

After World War II my father explored the full potential of working in pottery, including the different techniques of painting with slips and glazes.

Over a period of some twenty years, he modeled, shaped, designed, decorated, engraved and carved over 3, fired clay objects. The great invention and originality of this large body of work has establis