Pablo Picasso

(Spanish, 1881–1973)

Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. His use of form, color, and perspective profoundly impacted later generations of painters, including Willem de Kooning and David Hockney. “There are artists who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, thanks to their art and intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun,” he once said. Born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María de los Remedios de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain, his talent was cultivated early on by his father the painter Jose Ruíz Blasco. Picasso went on to attend the Royal Academy of San Fernando in Madrid, he lived for a time in Barcelona before settling in Paris in 1904. Immersed in the Parisian avant-garde circles of Gertrude Stein, Picasso rapidly transitioned styles from Neo-Impressionism through his Blue Period and Rose Period. He reached a unique style with the painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Constantly in search of pictorial solutions and in dialogue with his friend Georges Braque, Picasso melded the forms he saw in African sculpture with the fractured compositions he admired in Paul Cézanne  to produce the style of Cubism. Not limited to painting, the artist also produced collage, sculpture, and ceramics. After being deeply affected by the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War, Picasso created what is arguably his most political work Guernica (1937), a mural-sized painting depicting war-torn carnage with jagged shapes in contrasting grayscale. The artist was prolific up until his death on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as institutions devoted solely to his work, including the Museo Picasso Málaga, the Museu Picasso in Barcelona, and the Musée National Picasso in Paris.

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Trois personnages sur tremplin, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trois personnages sur tremplin, 1956

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Picador, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1953

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Petit Visage no. 65, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Petit Visage no. 65, 1963

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Petit visage barbu, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Petit visage barbu, 1968–1969

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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, from La Suite..., 1933

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Visage de faune, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage de faune, 1955

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Petit visage no.65, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Petit visage no.65, 1963

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Clin d'œil au Bain Turc Femmes Faisant La..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Clin d'œil au Bain Turc Femmes Faisant La..., 1968

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Le picador II, from À los toros, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Le picador II, from À los toros, 1961

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Peter Pan, 1955–1960

Pablo Picasso

Peter Pan, 1955–1960

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Grande femme et petit homme ventru, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Grande femme et petit homme ventru, 1970

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Joueur de diaule et faune, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de diaule et faune, 1956

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Visage géométrique, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage géométrique, 1956

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D'après Pablo Picasso, 1920

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D'après Pablo Picasso, 1920

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D'après Pablo Picasso, 1920

After Pablo Picasso

D'après Pablo Picasso, 1920

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L'Ecuyère, 21-22 avril 1960, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Ecuyère, 21-22 avril 1960, 1960

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SZENENBILD FÜR LE TRICORNE, 1920

Pablo Picasso

SZENENBILD FÜR LE TRICORNE, 1920

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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EAU-FORTE 5 MAI 1968 II, 1968

Pablo Picasso

EAU-FORTE 5 MAI 1968 II, 1968

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GESICHT EINER FRAU / SPANIERIN, 1960–1961

Pablo Picasso

GESICHT EINER FRAU / SPANIERIN, 1960–1961

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Raphaël et la Fornarina, 1968

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Raphaël et la Fornarina, 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2023

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Homme barbu couronné de feuilles de vigne, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Homme barbu couronné de feuilles de vigne, 1962

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Tête de femme (de profil), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme (de profil), 1959

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from:..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from:..., 1934

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Scène bacchique au minotaure, from: La Suite , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Scène bacchique au minotaure, from: La Suite , 1933

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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