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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Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
156 Series, No. 30, 1970

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156 Series, No. 30, 1970

Sale Date: July 29, 2023

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Broche

Pablo Picasso

Broche "Centaure Phallique", 1956

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Sculptures et vase de fleurs, from the..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculptures et vase de fleurs, from the..., 1933

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Peintre, et modèle examinant son portrait, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre, et modèle examinant son portrait, 1965

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Les Pauvres, from the Saltimbanques Suite, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Les Pauvres, from the Saltimbanques Suite, 1905

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Le repos du sculpteur, III, from the Vollard , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur, III, from the Vollard , 1933

Sale Date: July 19, 2023

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Femmes fleurs (Flower women), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Femmes fleurs (Flower women), 1948

Sale Date: July 18, 2023

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La sauvetage de la noyée II, 1932

Pablo Picasso

La sauvetage de la noyée II, 1932

Sale Date: July 13, 2023

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Le Danseur, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le Danseur, 1965

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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BLOND WOMAN WITH FLOWERS, CÉLESTINE, AND A..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

BLOND WOMAN WITH FLOWERS, CÉLESTINE, AND A..., 1968

Sale Date: July 30, 2023

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CARNAVAL, 1965

Pablo Picasso

CARNAVAL, 1965

Sale Date: July 30, 2023

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Modèle avec un peintre au second plan, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Modèle avec un peintre au second plan, 1966

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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L'Écuyère et les clowns, 1961

Pablo Picasso

L'Écuyère et les clowns, 1961

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Face with Points, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Face with Points, 1969

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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David et Bathsabée, 1947

Pablo Picasso

David et Bathsabée, 1947

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Modèle accoudé sur un tableau, from 'La..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle accoudé sur un tableau, from 'La..., 1933

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Homme rembranesque à la pipe et courtisane,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme rembranesque à la pipe et courtisane,..., 1968

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Autoportrait transposé et dédoublé rêvant au , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Autoportrait transposé et dédoublé rêvant au , 1968

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Pl.118 from 'Séries 156', 1971

Pablo Picasso

Pl.118 from 'Séries 156', 1971

Sale Date: July 27, 2023

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Hibou Pichet tourné, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hibou Pichet tourné, 1954

Sale Date: July 7, 2023

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Salomé Planche de la suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Salomé Planche de la suite des Saltimbanques, 1905

Sale Date: July 7, 2023

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La Petite Corrida, 1957, 1957

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La Petite Corrida, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: July 11, 2023

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Etude Pour L'homme Au Mouton, 1967, 1967

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Etude Pour L'homme Au Mouton, 1967, 1967

Sale Date: July 11, 2023

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