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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Tetes, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Tetes, 1953

Sale Date: October 18, 2023

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Chouette femme (A. R. 119), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Chouette femme (A. R. 119), 1951

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Tête d'homme barbu - recto; Nu assis de dos -...

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme barbu - recto; Nu assis de dos -...

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Sujet poule (A. R. 250), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poule (A. R. 250), 1954

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Pichet gravé gris (A. R. 246), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet gravé gris (A. R. 246), 1954

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Petite chouette (A. R. 82), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Petite chouette (A. R. 82), 1949

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Pichet Espagnol (A. R. 245), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Espagnol (A. R. 245), 1954

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Sujet poisson (A. R. 139), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poisson (A. R. 139), 1952

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Visage no. 202 (A. R. 495), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 202 (A. R. 495), 1963

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Corrida (A. R. 181), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida (A. R. 181), 1953

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A. R. 382), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A. R. 382), 1956

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Picador (A. R. 160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A. R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Colombe sur lit de paille (A. R. 79), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe sur lit de paille (A. R. 79), 1949

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Corrida sur fond noir (A. R. 198), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida sur fond noir (A. R. 198), 1953

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Femme (A. R. 296), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Femme (A. R. 296), 1955

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Vase deux anses hautes (A. R. 213), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase deux anses hautes (A. R. 213), 1953

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Canard pique-fleurs (A. R. 117), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Canard pique-fleurs (A. R. 117), 1951

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Montaignes près de Malaga, 1897

Pablo Picasso

Montaignes près de Malaga, 1897

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Tête de garçon, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tête de garçon, 1964

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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Tetes, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Tetes, 1953

Sale Date: October 18, 2023

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Vallauris Exposition, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Vallauris Exhibition 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris Exhibition 1955, 1955

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Le Pigeonneau, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Le Pigeonneau, 1939

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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Femme Brune de Trois Quarts, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Femme Brune de Trois Quarts, 1947

Sale Date: October 12, 2023

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