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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“Têtes'“, kanna, 1956

Pablo Picasso

“Têtes'“, kanna, 1956

Sale Date: November 13, 2023

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Poisson chiné, fat, Madoura Vallauris Frankrike...

Pablo Picasso

Poisson chiné, fat, Madoura Vallauris Frankrike...

Sale Date: November 13, 2023

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The Picador (Le Cheval De Picador Cabre), 1953

Pablo Picasso

The Picador (Le Cheval De Picador Cabre), 1953

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Tete De Faune, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Tete De Faune, 1958

Sale Date: November 24, 2023

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Homme moyenâgeux au Cirque, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme moyenâgeux au Cirque, 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Vieux Bouffon contemplant des Acrobates. I, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Vieux Bouffon contemplant des Acrobates. I, 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Hibou brillant, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou brillant, 1955

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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La Célestine. Poursuite

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La Célestine. Poursuite

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Visage de Femme, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Femme, 1953

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Tête de Bouffon, Carnaval, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Bouffon, Carnaval, 1965

Sale Date: December 2, 2023

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Young Wood-Owl, 1952

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Young Wood-Owl, 1952

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Picador, 1955

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Picador, 1955

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Visage, 1955

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Visage, 1955

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Face in Oval, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face in Oval, 1955

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Face and Owl, 1958

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Face and Owl, 1958

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Quatre Visages, 1959

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Quatre Visages, 1959

Sale Date: November 20, 2023

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Madoura Fish charger

Pablo Picasso

Madoura Fish charger

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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L'Ecureuil 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Ecureuil 1960

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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Dressage au Cirque, avec, au Premier Plan,..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Dressage au Cirque, avec, au Premier Plan,..., 1970

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Maja et Cavalier, from La Série 347, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Maja et Cavalier, from La Série 347, 1968

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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