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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„Chouette“, 1968

Pablo Picasso

„Chouette“, 1968

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Femme au fauteuil - No 2, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Femme au fauteuil - No 2, 1948

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La Répétition, 1954

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La Répétition, 1954

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Chouette, 1952

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Chouette, 1952

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Jacqueline au bandeau III, 1962

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Jacqueline au bandeau III, 1962

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Curly-haired Face, 1968

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Curly-haired Face, 1968

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Corrida on Black Ground, 1953

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Corrida on Black Ground, 1953

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Cavalier and Horse, 1952

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Cavalier and Horse, 1952

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Visage, 1928

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Visage, 1928

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Vase with Two High Handles, 1952

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Vase with Two High Handles, 1952

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Mat Owl, 1955

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Mat Owl, 1955

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Petit Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (D'Après Manet), 1962

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Petit Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (D'Après Manet), 1962

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Barbu Rond - Petit Barbu, 1956

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Barbu Rond - Petit Barbu, 1956

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Joy of Living, 1956

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Joy of Living, 1956

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Grey Face, 1953

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Grey Face, 1953

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Sculpteur et Modèle admirant une Tête sculptée, 1933

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Sculpteur et Modèle admirant une Tête sculptée, 1933

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Maya en Tablier, 1965

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Maya en Tablier, 1965

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Trois Femmes, 1938

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Trois Femmes, 1938

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L'Écuyère et les Clowns, 1957

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L'Écuyère et les Clowns, 1957

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Les Déjeuners. Texte de Douglas Cooper., 1962–1963

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Les Déjeuners. Texte de Douglas Cooper., 1962–1963

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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Pour un nouveau Printemps de Pablo Picasso, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Pour un nouveau Printemps de Pablo Picasso, 1963

Sale Date: November 22, 2023

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Trois personnages, dont une caricature..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Trois personnages, dont une caricature..., 1966

Sale Date: November 27, 2023

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"Peintre au travail", 1963

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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"Pichet têtes" A faience pitcher, 1953

Sale Date: November 16, 2023

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