Buste de femme
c. 1907
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176 works across 4 institutions
Paris holds 176 works by Pablo Picasso across 4 institutions, including Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée Picasso, and 2 other venues.
Pablo Picasso in Paris
Picasso in Paris
Picasso arrived in Paris in 1900 at eighteen and the city shaped everything that followed. The Musée National Picasso-Paris, in a seventeenth-century mansion in the Marais, holds around 5,000 works assembled from his personal collection and his estate — not a greatest-hits survey but something closer to a working archive. Sketches, ceramics, sculptures, prints, and major paintings from every period of his career: the Blue Period works made in poverty in Montmartre, the Cubist experiments with Braque, the classical period of the 1920s, the late work made in the south of France.
This is less a museum in the conventional sense than a record of how one mind worked across eight decades. The collection includes work he kept — things he made and did not want to sell — which means it holds pieces that never circulated and that reveal processes invisible in his public work.
Planning your visit
The Musée Picasso is in the Marais, easily combined with the Centre Pompidou (twenty minutes on foot). Book online; the museum can be busy on weekends. Allow at least two hours — the building has multiple floors and the collection is dense.
Works by Pablo Picasso are protected by copyright — images cannot be displayed. Each result links to Wikidata, where you can find the museum's own listing for the work.
Collections in this city
Centre Georges Pompidou
💎 Hidden GemParis · 5 works on display
Femme assise dans un fauteuil
c. 1910
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Harlequin and woman with necklace
c. 1917
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The Guitar player
c. 1910
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The Violin
c. 1912
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Musée Picasso
Paris · 161 works on display
The Musée Picasso in the Marais occupies a 17th-century mansion and holds the most comprehensive collection of Picasso's personal work — paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and drawings across all periods of his career. Donated to the French state in lieu of inheritance taxes.
Baigneuse au ballon
c. 1929
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Baigneuse ouvrant une cabine
c. 1928
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Baigneuses au ballon
c. 1932
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Baigneuses sur la plage
c. 1928
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Boisgeloup sous la pluie
c. 1932
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Bull's Head
c. 1942
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Bust of a Man (Study for "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon")
c. 1907
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Bust of a Writing Man
c. 1971
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Musée d'Orsay
Paris · 3 works on display
Housed in a spectacular Beaux-Arts railway station, the Orsay holds the world's finest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painting, covering 1848 to 1914. The collection of Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Van Gogh is unrivalled anywhere.
Musée de l'Orangerie
💎 Hidden GemParis · 7 works on display
A small, intimate museum in the Tuileries Gardens built around Monet's magnificent Nymphéas murals, which occupy two oval rooms designed by the artist himself. Beyond the Water Lilies, the Walter-Guillaume Collection upstairs holds excellent works by Cézanne, Renoir, and Picasso.
Femme au chapeau blanc
c. 1921
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Femme au tambourin
c. 1925
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Grand Nu à la draperie
c. 1923
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Grande Baigneuse
c. 1921
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Grande Nature morte
c. 1918
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Les Adolescents
c. 1906
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Nu sur fond rouge
c. 1906
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About the artist
Pablo Picasso
Spanish · Cubism / Surrealism · 1881–1973
Picasso co-invented Cubism with Georges Braque and went on to dominate 20th-century art across painting, sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking. Born in Málaga, he spent most of his adult life in France, where his restless reinvention across styles and movements made him the most influential artist of the modern era.
Key works
GuernicaLes Demoiselles d'AvignonWeeping Woman
Frequently asked questions
How many Pablo Picasso paintings are on display in Paris?
Our current data shows 176 Pablo Picasso paintings on display in Paris, spread across the Musée Picasso, the Musée de l'Orangerie, and 2 other venues. Coverage is based on Wikidata records and may not reflect every work currently on display.
Which museum in Paris has the most Pablo Picasso paintings?
Musée Picasso holds the largest share, with 161 works by Pablo Picasso in Paris.
Where else can I see Pablo Picasso's paintings?
Pablo Picasso's paintings are distributed across museums in multiple countries. Our artist page lists every city in our collection where their work is currently on display — use it to plan a multi-city trip or find works closer to home. Browse all cities for Pablo Picasso →
Planning your visit to Paris
Pre-book entry to the Louvre and Musée d'Orsay, especially in summer — queues without a ticket can exceed an hour. Many Paris museums offer free entry on the first Sunday of each month. A day transport pass (carnet) is better value than buying individual Métro tickets.
Artwork data sourced from Wikidata. Coverage varies — always confirm with the museum before visiting.