Peonies
Pablo Picasso
1901
Medium
oil on hardboard mounted on plywood
Dimensions
overall: 57.8 × 39.3 cm (22 3/4 × 15 1/2 in.) framed: 75.09 × 57.15 × 8.26 cm (29 9/16 × 22 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Gilbert W. Chapman
Accession Number
1981.41.1
About the Artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso in Málaga, Spain, was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a painter and art professor who served as his first teacher. From age seven, Picasso trained under his father in figure drawing and oil painting, mastering naturalistic techniques by copying mas...