Picasso

American  

[pi-kah-soh, -kas-oh, pee-kah-saw] / pɪˈkɑ soʊ, -ˈkæs oʊ, piˈkɑ sɔ /

noun

1. Pablo 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor in France.

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Picasso British  

/ pɪˈkæsəʊ /

noun

1. Pablo (ˈpæbləʊ). 1881–1973, Spanish painter and sculptor, resident in France: a highly influential figure in 20th-century art and a founder, with Braque, of cubism. A prolific artist, his works include The Dwarf Dancer (1901), belonging to his blue period; the first cubist painting Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907); Three Dancers (1925), which appeared in the first surrealist exhibition; and Guernica (1937), inspired by an event in the Spanish Civil War

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Example Sentences

Moving a roughly 86-ton spacecraft, especially without damaging it, is not as simple as placing a Pablo Picasso in a padded crate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

It has such an impact on all of them to this day it shows that Miles is Da Vinci, Stravinsky, Picasso.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

I asked him if Trump was often a topic of discussion in the mountain retreat Pablo Picasso once called home.

From Salon • May 22, 2026

They extracted value from a Picasso the same way they would any other asset.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Picasso was probably aware of the theory that red and green are complementary colors which intensify each other.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson