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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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

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Oiseau au ver, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au ver, 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flûte et chèvre, 1956

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Bacchus et Femme nue étendue, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Bacchus et Femme nue étendue, 1934

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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

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Au bain, 1er octobre 1930, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Au bain, 1er octobre 1930, 1930

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Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs, 16..., 1930

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs, 16..., 1930

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Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Planche I), 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y Mentira de Franco (Planche I), 1937

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Minotaure endormi contemplé par une femme, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure endormi contemplé par une femme, 1933

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Minotaure et Femme Derrière un Rideau, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure et Femme Derrière un Rideau, 1933

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Femme nue, la jambe pliée, 1931

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Femme nue, la jambe pliée, 1931

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Aux Trois acteurs, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Aux Trois acteurs, 1933

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Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

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GROSSE PICASSO-TERRAKOTTAPLATTE

Pablo Picasso

GROSSE PICASSO-TERRAKOTTAPLATTE

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Portrait de Julio Gonzalez, 1901

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Julio Gonzalez, 1901

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COLLECTION DE MENIL - OEUVRES CUBISTES, 1970

Pablo Picasso

COLLECTION DE MENIL - OEUVRES CUBISTES, 1970

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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SUITE VOLLARD

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SUITE VOLLARD

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JACQUELINE LISANT, 1957

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JACQUELINE LISANT, 1957

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PORTRAIT FROM THE IMAGINARY PORTRAITS SERIES, 1969

Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT FROM THE IMAGINARY PORTRAITS SERIES, 1969

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Figure, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure, 1949

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Portrait of Frederic Joliot-Curie

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Portrait of Frederic Joliot-Curie

Sale Date: December 3, 2023

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Deux femmes dont une sur une sellette, un..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes dont une sur une sellette, un..., 1968

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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Le gros pigeon, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Le gros pigeon, 1947

Sale Date: December 14, 2023

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