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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Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

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Picador, Femme at Cheval, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador, Femme at Cheval, 1959

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Gamin se glissant dans un Hamman un Jour..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gamin se glissant dans un Hamman un Jour..., 1968

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Toros en Vallauris, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris, 1957

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Carnaval 1967, 1967

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Carnaval 1967, 1967

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Compotier, partition, bouteille et guitare..., 1920

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Compotier, partition, bouteille et guitare..., 1920

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Tête d'homme à la pipe, 1912

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme à la pipe, 1912

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Le pichnet noir et la tête de mort, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Le pichnet noir et la tête de mort, 1946

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Le Taureau, 1946

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Le Taureau, 1946

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Portrait de femme au col en ruché:..., 1939

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Portrait de femme au col en ruché:..., 1939

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Personnages masqués et femme oiseau, from:..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Personnages masqués et femme oiseau, from:..., 1934

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Trois nus debout, avec esquisses de visages, , 1927

Pablo Picasso

Trois nus debout, avec esquisses de visages, , 1927

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Deux sculpteurs devant une statue, from: La..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Deux sculpteurs devant une statue, from: La..., 1931

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Faune dévoilant une femme, from: La Suite..., 1936

Pablo Picasso

Faune dévoilant une femme, from: La Suite..., 1936

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A los toros, 1961

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A los toros, 1961

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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AUS: LA CÉLESTINE, 1968

Pablo Picasso

AUS: LA CÉLESTINE, 1968

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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MATAMORE ENDIMANCHÉ DANS LA COULISSE D'UN..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

MATAMORE ENDIMANCHÉ DANS LA COULISSE D'UN..., 1968

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FEMME DEBOUT ENTOURÉE DE QUATRE HOMMES..., 1966–1981

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FEMME DEBOUT ENTOURÉE DE QUATRE HOMMES..., 1966–1981

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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SCULPTEUR, MODÈLE COUCHÉ ET AUTOPORTRAIT EN..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

SCULPTEUR, MODÈLE COUCHÉ ET AUTOPORTRAIT EN..., 1933

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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SCÈNE ANTIQUE, 1956

Pablo Picasso

SCÈNE ANTIQUE, 1956

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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JEU DE LA CAPE (AUS: A LOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO), 1961

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JEU DE LA CAPE (AUS: A LOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO), 1961

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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AUS: POÉSIE DE MOTS INCONNUS, 1949

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AUS: POÉSIE DE MOTS INCONNUS, 1949

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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LA PIQUE (AUS: ALOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO), 1961

Pablo Picasso

LA PIQUE (AUS: ALOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO), 1961

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Bol Picador, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bol Picador, 1955

Sale Date: September 16, 2023

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