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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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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from VINGT POEMES (a set of 2 in a frame), 1948

Pablo Picasso

from VINGT POEMES (a set of 2 in a frame), 1948

Sale Date: August 4, 2023

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347 Series No.189, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 Series No.189, 1968

Sale Date: August 4, 2023

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Maternite (by Jacques VILLON), 1930

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Maternite (by Jacques VILLON), 1930

Sale Date: August 4, 2023

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Fleurs, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Fleurs, 1958

Sale Date: July 10, 2023

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Scène Erotique, 1968

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Scène Erotique, 1968

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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Corrida II, 1961

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Corrida II, 1961

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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Assiette ” Oiseau n° 76 “, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Assiette ” Oiseau n° 76 “, 1963

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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Famille des saltimbanques, 1950

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Famille des saltimbanques, 1950

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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SONETO XVII.

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SONETO XVII.

Sale Date: May 14, 2023

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SONETO HEROICO

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SONETO HEROICO

Sale Date: May 14, 2023

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO

Sale Date: August 9, 2023

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Homme espagnol

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Homme espagnol

Sale Date: July 20, 2023

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Joie de vivre

Pablo Picasso

Joie de vivre

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Tête de taureau, tournée à gauche, novembre..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Tête de taureau, tournée à gauche, novembre..., 1948

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Chouette, 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Chouette, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Visage de femme, circa 1949, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme, circa 1949, 1949

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Visage à la fraise, 1971, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage à la fraise, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Visage dans un ovale, 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage dans un ovale, 1955, 1955

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Chouette, 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Chouette, 1968, 1968

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1964, 1964

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Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1964, 1964

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Corrida aux personnages, 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Corrida aux personnages, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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