Pablo Picasso is an artist that is famous for his paintings, sculpture and prints.

Born: October 25, 1881, Málaga, Spain

Died: April 8, 1973, Mougins, France

Picasso's linocuts were made by gouging out a sheet of linoleum which had been fused onto a harder block of wood.

Using gouges, he would cut out the areas of his intended image that were to be absent of color (and therefore appear the color of the paper when printed).

The relief areas that remain would be inked, usually with a brayer. 

Paper would be put on the inked linoleum block and pressure applied, after which the inked image is transferred to the paper.

If there were to be multiple colors, Picasso would create a separate linoleum block, each corresponding to a different color, each printed in succession.

This is how he worked since his first linocuts were created in 1958.

Picasso’s work is interesting and very detailed, the disfigured faces and his great choice of colors makes it stand out of the crowd and look very sharp and edgy.