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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Cote d’Azure (Czwiklitzer 205), 1962

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Cote d’Azure (Czwiklitzer 205), 1962

Sale Date: June 28, 2023

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Untitled (Woman with Monkey and Buddha), 1954

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Untitled (Woman with Monkey and Buddha), 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Clown et Cavalier de Cirque, from Suite de..., 1954

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Clown et Cavalier de Cirque, from Suite de..., 1954

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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L'Étreinte, 1963

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L'Étreinte, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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L'Arrivée Du Chevalier, 1951

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L'Arrivée Du Chevalier, 1951

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Le Clown, 1961

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Le Clown, 1961

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Nature Morte, 1927

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Nature Morte, 1927

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel), 1952

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Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel), 1952

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Tête de Femme (Marie-Thérèse), 1958

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Tête de Femme (Marie-Thérèse), 1958

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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L' Atelier, 1927

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L' Atelier, 1927

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Les Deux Saltimbanques: L'Arlequin et Sa..., 1960

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Les Deux Saltimbanques: L'Arlequin et Sa..., 1960

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Femme Verte au Chat, 1955–1958

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Femme Verte au Chat, 1955–1958

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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La Femme aux des (Jacqueline), 1960

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La Femme aux des (Jacqueline), 1960

Sale Date: June 22, 2023

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Picador et taureau, 1959

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Picador et taureau, 1959

Sale Date: June 25, 2023

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Corrida, 1953

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Corrida, 1953

Sale Date: June 25, 2023

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Feuille, aus: Corps perdu, 1949

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Feuille, aus: Corps perdu, 1949

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Maison de la Pensée Française, 1958

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Maison de la Pensée Française, 1958

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Picasso 45 Linoleums Gravés, 1960

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Picasso 45 Linoleums Gravés, 1960

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Affiches originales des Maitres de l'École..., 1959

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Affiches originales des Maitres de l'École..., 1959

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Cote d' Azur, 1962

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Cote d' Azur, 1962

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Nu aux bas noirs, 1899–1900

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Nu aux bas noirs, 1899–1900

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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La Tauromaquia, 1959

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La Tauromaquia, 1959

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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Portrait d'Edwin Evans, 1919

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Portrait d'Edwin Evans, 1919

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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