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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Odalisques avec deux hommes rêvant, Pl.7..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Odalisques avec deux hommes rêvant, Pl.7..., 1968

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Gentilhomme en visite chez la Célestine,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gentilhomme en visite chez la Célestine,..., 1968

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Joie maternelle, 1921

Pablo Picasso

Joie maternelle, 1921

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Char romain avec vieil athlète écuyère,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Char romain avec vieil athlète écuyère,..., 1968

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Deux Personnages, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Deux Personnages, 1957

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Modèle accroupi, nu vu des dos et tete..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle accroupi, nu vu des dos et tete..., 1933

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Tête de Jeune Homme Barbu, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Jeune Homme Barbu, 1967

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Silver Picasso Medallion

Pablo Picasso

Silver Picasso Medallion

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Le cirque de la vie observe, par une petite..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Le cirque de la vie observe, par une petite..., 1970

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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Peintre devant son tableau from Le..., 1927

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Peintre devant son tableau from Le..., 1927

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Rembrandt à la palette, from la suite Vollard, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Rembrandt à la palette, from la suite Vollard, 1934

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Buste au Corsage à Carreaux, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Buste au Corsage à Carreaux, 1957

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Grand nu dansant, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Grand nu dansant, 1962

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Nature morte au citron et pichet rouge, 1964

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Nature morte au citron et pichet rouge, 1964

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Séries 347: Three Prints, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Séries 347: Three Prints, 1968

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Spectacle pour un couple. Le Capitaine Frans , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Spectacle pour un couple. Le Capitaine Frans , 1970

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Sculptures et Vase de Fleurs, from la suite..., 1933

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Sculptures et Vase de Fleurs, from la suite..., 1933

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Minotaure caressant une dormeuse, from la..., 1933

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Minotaure caressant une dormeuse, from la..., 1933

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Corrida, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1946

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Les portraits imaginaires: Three Plates, 1969

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Les portraits imaginaires: Three Plates, 1969

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Tête d'homme moustachu, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme moustachu, 1966

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Les portraits imaginaires: Three Plates, 1969

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Les portraits imaginaires: Three Plates, 1969

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Le repas frugal, from la suite des..., 1904

Pablo Picasso

Le repas frugal, from la suite des..., 1904

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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Tête de chèvre de profil plate, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil plate, 1952

Sale Date: September 21, 2023

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