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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Affiche pour l’Exposition Hispano-Américaine, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Affiche pour l’Exposition Hispano-Américaine, 1951

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Picador au Repos, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Picador au Repos, 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Peintre et Femme cueillant des Fleurs, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et Femme cueillant des Fleurs, 1970

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Hommage á la nymphe (from the Femme et..., 1940

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Hommage á la nymphe (from the Femme et..., 1940

Sale Date: August 17, 2023

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1979–1982

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1979–1982

Sale Date: August 17, 2023

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“Sujet Poisson”, 1952

Pablo Picasso

“Sujet Poisson”, 1952

Sale Date: August 15, 2023

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Suerte de Muleta aus 'La Tauromaquia, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Suerte de Muleta aus 'La Tauromaquia, 1957

Sale Date: May 13, 2023

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Galerie Madoura,

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Galerie Madoura, "Picasso: 50 Céramiques..., 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2023

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Front cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Front cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Sale Date: August 16, 2023

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Front cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Front cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Sale Date: August 16, 2023

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Espectadores (from Sala Gaspar, Barcelona), 1961

Pablo Picasso

Espectadores (from Sala Gaspar, Barcelona), 1961

Sale Date: August 16, 2023

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Picasso Théâtre, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Picasso Théâtre, 1967

Sale Date: August 16, 2023

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EMPREINTE（四つの顔）, 1949

Pablo Picasso

EMPREINTE（四つの顔）, 1949

Sale Date: September 2, 2023

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Rider and Horse, J-224, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Rider and Horse, J-224, 1968–1969

Sale Date: August 15, 2023

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Personnage cubiste

Pablo Picasso

Personnage cubiste

Sale Date: August 15, 2023

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: August 9, 2023

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“Cap d’un pagès català”, 1961

Pablo Picasso

“Cap d’un pagès català”, 1961

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Los Cabestros retiran al Toro Manso

Pablo Picasso

Los Cabestros retiran al Toro Manso

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Côte d'Azur, 1962

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Côte d'Azur, 1962

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Carmen, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Carmen, 1949

Sale Date: May 15, 2023

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Paloma de la paz, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Paloma de la paz, 1962

Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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Pablo Picasso

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Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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Pablo Picasso / Grabados al Linoleo, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso / Grabados al Linoleo, 1963

Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille verre et cartes (Botella de..., 1962

Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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