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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From: Black Face Service, 1948

Pablo Picasso

From: Black Face Service, 1948

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Pichet Taureau et Picador, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Taureau et Picador, 1956

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Woman-faced wood-owl, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Woman-faced wood-owl, 1952

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Owl, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Owl, 1954

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Faune Musicien No. 5, 1948

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Face, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face, 1955

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Tauromachy scene, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachy scene, 1954

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Tete du Masque, 1971

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Tete du Masque, 1971

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Face No 203, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face No 203, 1963

Sale Date: November 28, 2023

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Petit Torse, , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Petit Torse, , 1933

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Le minotaure vaincu, 1933, from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le minotaure vaincu, 1933, from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Service visage noir

Pablo Picasso

Service visage noir

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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La Baigneuses susprises, 1933

Pablo Picasso

La Baigneuses susprises, 1933

Sale Date: November 6, 2023

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CONGRéS DES PEUPLES POUR LA PAIX, 1952

Pablo Picasso

CONGRéS DES PEUPLES POUR LA PAIX, 1952

Sale Date: November 8, 2023

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Exposition Vallauris, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Vallauris, 1954

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Femme dans un Fauteuil et Guitariste, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Femme dans un Fauteuil et Guitariste, 1959

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Egyptien et femmes IV, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Egyptien et femmes IV, 1968

Sale Date: November 15, 2023

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Tête de femme au chapeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme au chapeau, 1962

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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Tête d'homme et nu assis, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme et nu assis, 1964

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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LOSANGE AU VISAGE, 1971

Pablo Picasso

LOSANGE AU VISAGE, 1971

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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TAUREAU, MARLI AUX FEUILLES, 1957

Pablo Picasso

TAUREAU, MARLI AUX FEUILLES, 1957

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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Nu allongé (Dora Maar), 1938

Pablo Picasso

Nu allongé (Dora Maar), 1938

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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La Mallorquina (progetto di costume per ‘Le..., 1920

Pablo Picasso

La Mallorquina (progetto di costume per ‘Le..., 1920

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Marie-Thérèse agenouillée contemplant un..., 1933

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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