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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Peintre et modéle au fauteuil à bascule, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modéle au fauteuil à bascule, 1965

Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1929

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1929

Sale Date: August 10, 2023

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Le corsage rayé, 1978

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Le corsage rayé, 1978

Sale Date: August 10, 2023

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Femme couchée, 1982

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Femme couchée, 1982

Sale Date: August 10, 2023

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Pichet yan

Pablo Picasso

Pichet yan

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Portrait of Balzac, plate 4 from Balzacs en Bas...

Pablo Picasso

Portrait of Balzac, plate 4 from Balzacs en Bas...

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Venus et L'Amour Voleur de Miel (d'après..., 1957

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Venus et L'Amour Voleur de Miel (d'après..., 1957

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Toros

Pablo Picasso

Toros

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Tête d'homme aux cheveux longs

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme aux cheveux longs

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Visage

Pablo Picasso

Visage

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Visage

Pablo Picasso

Visage

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Pichet yan

Pablo Picasso

Pichet yan

Sale Date: August 23, 2023

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Colombe au soleil, 1962

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Colombe au soleil, 1962

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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Côte d'Azur, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Côte d'Azur, 1962

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

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“A los Toros avec Picasso”, 1961

Pablo Picasso

“A los Toros avec Picasso”, 1961

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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“L'Ecuyère”, 1960

Pablo Picasso

“L'Ecuyère”, 1960

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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“La danse des Faunes” , 1957

Pablo Picasso

“La danse des Faunes” , 1957

Sale Date: August 8, 2023

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Losange au Visage tile, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Losange au Visage tile, 1971

Sale Date: August 3, 2023

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La danse de centaures, 1948

Pablo Picasso

La danse de centaures, 1948

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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Le bec de gaz, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Le bec de gaz, 1945

Sale Date: August 1, 2023

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Guitare Verre et Bouteille, 1919

Pablo Picasso

Guitare Verre et Bouteille, 1919

Sale Date: August 1, 2023

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Motifs No. 17, 1963, A White Earthenware Plate...

Pablo Picasso

Motifs No. 17, 1963, A White Earthenware Plate...

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Ohne Titel

Pablo Picasso

Ohne Titel

Sale Date: July 25, 2023

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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