In that garage, Picasso created the cubist "Three Musicians" with colorful geometric shapes as well as the classical "Three Women at the Spring" with references to Greco-Roman antiquity.

Picasso's bright colors and bold shapes emphasized thinking outside the box, and the fashion world has benefitted from that lesson ever since. ... Geometric Patterns. PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images.

And his use of geometric shapes to create realistic images is still a widely replicated technique. This Picasso print ( Art.com , $33) would make an amazing statement piece in any home.

Pablo Picasso, Chair Cannes, 1961. Musée National Picasso–Paris. Photo: 2015 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York On October 9, 1912, Pablo Picasso wrote a letter to ...

By the time Picasso painted Girl before a Mirror in 1932, he’d evolved his use of geometric shapes, flat bright colors and sense of movement in space and time. It’s essentially a comic book ...

With its playful form and intense colour contrast, we could almost see Picasso toying with geometric shapes and bold black outlines in the 1937 painting. ...

Look at authentic abstract portraiture with children. Ask questions about the shapes and lines they see. Observe how Cubist ...