Pablo Picasso's self-portraits were perhaps not as significant in his career as they have been in those of other artists but this article outlines the best self-portraits that Spanish painter Picasso produced as well as placing them into context within his overall career too.
Self-portraits often serve as a diary to the mood of artists who perhaps experience turbulent moods throughout their lives but Picasso was a relatively stable character and as such his self-portraits are not helpful in this way.
They do still offer a perspective on the artist as he saw himself and as highly skilled paintings in their own right and worthy of study.
Pablo Picasso was an artist who generally preferred to capture others within his paintings rather than himself, perhaps because of his constant desire for variety and something new, where as self-portraits always offered a return to something he had done already, even if he tried to tackle it in a different style each time.
Many like to buy reproductions of Pablo Picasso original paintings simply because they capture the image of this brilliant artist rather than they feel that the individual work is academically or artistically one of the artist's finest.
Those that do tend to prefer framed art print reproductions or simple posters for those with a smaller budget or more youthful home.
Picasso may be a truly world respected artist but his self-portraits are not his best known creations.
Despite this, many Picasso self-portraits are still very impressive in their own right and well worth taking a look at, preferably as part of a study into his overall career which features many exciting and innovative moments spread across a whole plethora of mediums and techniques.