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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Bouteille gravée, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille gravée, 1954

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Chouette, 1968

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Chouette, 1968

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Vallauris Exhibition 1955 , 1955

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Vallauris Exhibition 1955 , 1955

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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Joie de vivre

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Joie de vivre

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Dormeur

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Dormeur

Sale Date: January 19, 2023

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L’écuyère, 21.4.60, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’écuyère, 21.4.60, 1960

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Le Cirque

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Le Cirque

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Dormeur

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Dormeur

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Joie de vivre

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Joie de vivre

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Affiche conçue pour le Carnaval de Nice en 1951...

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Le Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

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Le Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

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Buste d'homme, 1905

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Buste d'homme, 1905

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Femme nue devant une statue

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Femme nue devant une statue

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XI: Le Pape est..., 1968

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XI: Le Pape est..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Serie Minotauro, 1947

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Serie Minotauro, 1947

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Bouquet, 1955

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Bouquet, 1955

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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Profil de taureau, 1956

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Profil de taureau, 1956

Sale Date: July 4, 2023

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) And..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) And..., 1962

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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Terre De Faience Pitcher, 1956, Tetes (A.R...., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Terre De Faience Pitcher, 1956, Tetes (A.R...., 1956

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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David, Bethsabée Et Le Prophète Nathan, 1970

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David, Bethsabée Et Le Prophète Nathan, 1970

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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White Earthenware Ceramic Plate, 1963,..., 1963

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White Earthenware Ceramic Plate, 1963,..., 1963

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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