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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À la mémoire de Julius et Ethel Rosenberg, 1954

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À la mémoire de Julius et Ethel Rosenberg, 1954

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Figure au corsage rayé, 1978

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Figure au corsage rayé, 1978

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une..., 1933

Sale Date: December 1, 2023

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El Hospital de Santa Cruz y de San Pablo (El , 1971

Pablo Picasso

El Hospital de Santa Cruz y de San Pablo (El , 1971

Sale Date: November 25, 2023

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"Pomone" plaque, 1968

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Sujet Poisson, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Poisson, 1952

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Harlequin (aus der Barcelona-Suite), 1966

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Harlequin (aus der Barcelona-Suite), 1966

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Sculpteur et modèle se regardant dans un..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et modèle se regardant dans un..., 1933

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Zersauste Frau, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Zersauste Frau, 1963

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Maternité, 1930–1963

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Maternité, 1930–1963

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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Danseuse naine (from the Barcelona Suite), 1966

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Danseuse naine (from the Barcelona Suite), 1966

Sale Date: November 18, 2023

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PORTRAIT DE FAMILLE I (HOMME AUX BRAS CROISÉS),...

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PORTRAIT DE FAMILLE I (HOMME AUX BRAS CROISÉS),...

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Portrait de Vollard I (from: La Suite..., 1937

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Portrait de Vollard I (from: La Suite..., 1937

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Le Taureau (from: Histoire Naturelle Textes..., 1936

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Le Taureau (from: Histoire Naturelle Textes..., 1936

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Tête de Jeune Fille, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Jeune Fille, 1947

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Fumeur à la Cigarette Blanche, 1964

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Fumeur à la Cigarette Blanche, 1964

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Le cirque de la vie observé par une petite..., 1970

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Le cirque de la vie observé par une petite..., 1970

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Fumeur avec un Homme (Tête et Profil), 1964

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Fumeur avec un Homme (Tête et Profil), 1964

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Peintre à son chevalet, avec un modèle assis , 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre à son chevalet, avec un modèle assis , 1965

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Fragment de Corps de Femme, (ur: Les Livres..., 1960

Pablo Picasso

Fragment de Corps de Femme, (ur: Les Livres..., 1960

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Les Trois Amies, 1927

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Les Trois Amies, 1927

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Tête, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Tête, 1933

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Tête de Femme, de Profil (from: La Suite des , 1905

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Femme, de Profil (from: La Suite des , 1905

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Peintre Travaillant à une Grande Toile, près , 1964

Pablo Picasso

Peintre Travaillant à une Grande Toile, près , 1964

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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