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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Écuyère et homme nu, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Écuyère et homme nu, 1967

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Veilleuse, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Veilleuse, 1957

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Nature morte, compotier avec fruits, pot..., 1939

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte, compotier avec fruits, pot..., 1939

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Jeune fille aux grands cheveux , 1945

Pablo Picasso

Jeune fille aux grands cheveux , 1945

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Deux femmes nues se tenant, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes nues se tenant, 1954

Sale Date: November 14, 2023

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La Chute, 1967

Pablo Picasso

La Chute, 1967

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Femme allongée, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Femme allongée, 1970

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Paysage de Juan-les-Pins, 1925

Pablo Picasso

Paysage de Juan-les-Pins, 1925

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Arlequin tenant une bouteille et femme, 1915

Pablo Picasso

Arlequin tenant une bouteille et femme, 1915

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Trois hommes et femme nus, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Trois hommes et femme nus, 1967

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Nature morte, verre et compotier aux fruits, 1938

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte, verre et compotier aux fruits, 1938

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Tête d'homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, 1969

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Portrait de Françoise, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Françoise, 1946

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Colombe de la Paix (À Joe Nordmann), 1954

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Colombe de la Paix (À Joe Nordmann), 1954

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“Bacchanale” and “Bacchanale II”, from the..., 1967

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“Bacchanale” and “Bacchanale II”, from the..., 1967

Sale Date: November 7, 2023

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Têtes (Heads) (A.R. 367), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes (Heads) (A.R. 367), 1956

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Visage au trait oblique (Face with..., 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au trait oblique (Face with..., 1968–1969

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Couple posant pour un peintre en habit de..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Couple posant pour un peintre en habit de..., 1968

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Pêcheur à la ligne (Angler) (A.R. 262), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Pêcheur à la ligne (Angler) (A.R. 262), 1955

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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Grosse prostituée et 'mousquetaire' (Large..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Grosse prostituée et 'mousquetaire' (Large..., 1968

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Peintre, ou écrivain, avec deux femmes..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre, ou écrivain, avec deux femmes..., 1968

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Vieux clown avec une ravissante personne..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Vieux clown avec une ravissante personne..., 1968

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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 2, 2023

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Bouquet à la pomme (Bunch with Apple) (A.R...., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme (Bunch with Apple) (A.R...., 1956

Sale Date: November 2, 2023

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