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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DOS CONTES | 二つの物語(挿画本), 1947

Pablo Picasso

DOS CONTES | 二つの物語(挿画本), 1947

Sale Date: October 13, 2023

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Interprétation réalisée d’après « Chouette dans...

Pablo Picasso

Interprétation réalisée d’après « Chouette dans...

Sale Date: September 30, 2023

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Portrait imaginaire 14.3.69 II — Le roi., 1969

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Portrait imaginaire 14.3.69 II — Le roi., 1969

Sale Date: September 30, 2023

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Ambroise Vollard et son chat.

Pablo Picasso

Ambroise Vollard et son chat.

Sale Date: September 30, 2023

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La petite corrida, 1957

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La petite corrida, 1957

Sale Date: September 30, 2023

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Figures | 人物

Pablo Picasso

Figures | 人物

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

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Portraits Imaginaire | 想象中的肖像

Pablo Picasso

Portraits Imaginaire | 想象中的肖像

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

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Visage au nez pincé | 捏住鼻子的臉

Pablo Picasso

Visage au nez pincé | 捏住鼻子的臉

Sale Date: October 19, 2023

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La fille au chapeau (1959) (Bloch 872;..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

La fille au chapeau (1959) (Bloch 872;..., 1959

Sale Date: September 28, 2023

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Portrait de jeune fille (1964), 1964

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de jeune fille (1964), 1964

Sale Date: September 28, 2023

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Dormeuse Et Sculptures (1933) (B. 258; Ba...., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Dormeuse Et Sculptures (1933) (B. 258; Ba...., 1933

Sale Date: September 28, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385; G.R. 744), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385; G.R. 744), 1956

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Visage de Femme (A.R. 286; G.R. 684), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Femme (A.R. 286; G.R. 684), 1955

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Les Baigneuses Surprises (Bloch 194; Baer 355), 1933

Pablo Picasso

Les Baigneuses Surprises (Bloch 194; Baer 355), 1933

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (A.R. 374), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trois Personnages sur Tremplin (A.R. 374), 1956

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Quatre Profils Enlacés (A.R. 84), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Quatre Profils Enlacés (A.R. 84), 1949

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Masque (A.R. 311; G.R. 356), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Masque (A.R. 311; G.R. 356), 1956

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Toros en Vallauris (Bloch 1264; Baer 1027), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris (Bloch 1264; Baer 1027), 1954

Sale Date: October 21, 2023

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Compotier rond, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Compotier rond, 1959

Sale Date: October 18, 2023

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Nature morte 靜物

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte 靜物

Sale Date: October 6, 2023

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Portrait 肖像, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Portrait 肖像, 1945

Sale Date: October 6, 2023

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Pichet yan, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet yan, 1952

Sale Date: October 4, 2023

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Raphaël et la Fornarina. VII: Le Pape est..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina. VII: Le Pape est..., 1968

Sale Date: October 4, 2023

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Nature morte, vase avec fleurs, 1906

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte, vase avec fleurs, 1906

Sale Date: October 4, 2023

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