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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Portrait de 'Mousquetaire' vieillissant, au..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de 'Mousquetaire' vieillissant, au..., 1968

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Modèle accoudé sur un tableau (Model Leaning , 1933

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Modèle accoudé sur un tableau (Model Leaning , 1933

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II..., 1962

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II..., 1962

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Maison close. Médisance. Avec profil de..., 1971

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Maison close. Médisance. Avec profil de..., 1971

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Femme au chapeau (Woman in a Hat) (Bl. 1073, , 1962

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Femme au chapeau (Woman in a Hat) (Bl. 1073, , 1962

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Nature morte à la suspension - Nature morte..., 1962

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Nature morte à la suspension - Nature morte..., 1962

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Le Taureau, from Histoire Naturelle..., 1936

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Le Taureau, from Histoire Naturelle..., 1936

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée (Four..., 1934

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée (Four..., 1934

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Deux nus assis (Two Seated Nudes) (Bl. 133,..., 1930

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Deux nus assis (Two Seated Nudes) (Bl. 133,..., 1930

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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Ecce Homo, d'apres Rembrandt (Christ..., 1970

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Ecce Homo, d'apres Rembrandt (Christ..., 1970

Sale Date: October 24, 2023

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POISSON BLEU , 1953

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POISSON BLEU , 1953

Sale Date: October 25, 2023

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Nature morte. Guitare et compotier IV, 1920

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Nature morte. Guitare et compotier IV, 1920

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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La Table, 1911

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La Table, 1911

Sale Date: October 20, 2023

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Visage, 1955

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Visage, 1955

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Heads, 1956

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Heads, 1956

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Personnages No.28, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Personnages No.28, 1963

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Oiseau au ver (Bird with Worm), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au ver (Bird with Worm), 1952

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Visage no.157, 1963

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Visage no.157, 1963

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Aux quatre coins de la pièce, from Hommage à , 1967

Pablo Picasso

Aux quatre coins de la pièce, from Hommage à , 1967

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Visage, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1955

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Vase deux anses hautes (Vase with Two High..., 1953

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Vase deux anses hautes (Vase with Two High..., 1953

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Pichet Yan, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Yan, 1952

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Arlequin et personnages divers, from Séries..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Arlequin et personnages divers, from Séries..., 1968

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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Le Sauvetage I (The Saving I), 1932

Pablo Picasso

Le Sauvetage I (The Saving I), 1932

Sale Date: October 30, 2023

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