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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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 457), 1962

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 457), 1962

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Oiseau polychrome (A.R. 33), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau polychrome (A.R. 33), 1947

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Petit buste de femme (A.R. 523), 1964

Pablo Picasso

Petit buste de femme (A.R. 523), 1964

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Femme (A.R. 297), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Femme (A.R. 297), 1955

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Chouette aux taches (A.R. 120), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Chouette aux taches (A.R. 120), 1951

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Hibou (A.R. 253), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hibou (A.R. 253), 1954

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Visage (A.R. 611), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A.R. 611), 1969

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Lampe femme (A.R. 298), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme (A.R. 298), 1955

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Visage au nez rond (A.R. 621), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage au nez rond (A.R. 621), 1971

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet espagnol (A.R. 245), 1954

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Pichet gothique aux feuilles (A.R. 178), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet gothique aux feuilles (A.R. 178), 1952

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (A.R. 402), 1957

Pablo Picasso

Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (A.R. 402), 1957

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Oiseau no. 91 (A.R. 485), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau no. 91 (A.R. 485), 1963

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Sujet colombe (A.R. 435), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Sujet colombe (A.R. 435), 1959

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Nature morte à la cuillère (A.R. 163), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la cuillère (A.R. 163), 1952

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Oiseau au ver (A.R. 172), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au ver (A.R. 172), 1952

Sale Date: September 25, 2023

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Bethsabee (Bathsheba)

Pablo Picasso

Bethsabee (Bathsheba)

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Tete d'Histrion (Le Danseur)

Pablo Picasso

Tete d'Histrion (Le Danseur)

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Artist and Model Four-Panel Screen, 1945

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Artist and Model Four-Panel Screen, 1945

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Deux Femmes Pres de la Fenetre

Pablo Picasso

Deux Femmes Pres de la Fenetre

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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LE VIEUX ROI. CANNES 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

LE VIEUX ROI. CANNES 1959, 1959

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Nature morte au citron et pichet rouge, 1964

After Pablo Picasso

Nature morte au citron et pichet rouge, 1964

Sale Date: September 26, 2023

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La comédie humaine, 1954

After Pablo Picasso

La comédie humaine, 1954

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Peintre agenouillé avec des spectateurs, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre agenouillé avec des spectateurs, 1966

Sale Date: September 27, 2023

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