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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DEUX MODÈLES VÊTUS, 1930–1937

Pablo Picasso

DEUX MODÈLES VÊTUS, 1930–1937

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Tête de femme, 1921

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme, 1921

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Tête de femme (Dora Maar), 1939

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Tête de femme (Dora Maar), 1939

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Poire coupée, verre, pipe, 1914

Pablo Picasso

Poire coupée, verre, pipe, 1914

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Le peintre et son modèle, 1970

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Le peintre et son modèle, 1970

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Deux personnages, 1953

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Deux personnages, 1953

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Trois baigneuses, 1921

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Trois baigneuses, 1921

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Deux nus, 1962

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Deux nus, 1962

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Femme nue assise, 1903

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Femme nue assise, 1903

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Femme nue allongée, 1961

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Femme nue allongée, 1961

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A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

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A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Paloma and Claude (Mourlot 186, Bloch 664),..., 1950

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Paloma and Claude (Mourlot 186, Bloch 664),..., 1950

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Three Figures on a Trampoline (Alain Ramié..., 1956

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Three Figures on a Trampoline (Alain Ramié..., 1956

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Four Dancers (Alain Ramié 314), 1956, 1956

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Four Dancers (Alain Ramié 314), 1956, 1956

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Bull's Profile (Alain Ramié 315), 1956, 1956

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Bull's Profile (Alain Ramié 315), 1956, 1956

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La Danse des Faunes (Bloch 830, Mourlot..., 1957

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La Danse des Faunes (Bloch 830, Mourlot..., 1957

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Peintre devant son Tableau, from Le..., 1927

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Peintre devant son Tableau, from Le..., 1927

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes (Not in Cramer bk.),..., 1958

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes (Not in Cramer bk.),..., 1958

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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PAYSAN ET MAJA (BL. 1929), 1971

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PAYSAN ET MAJA (BL. 1929), 1971

Sale Date: July 15, 2023

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SQUARE-EYED FACE (AR.415), 1959

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SQUARE-EYED FACE (AR.415), 1959

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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PEINTRE PEIGNANT LA NUQUE DE SON JEUNE MODÈLE, 1968

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PEINTRE PEIGNANT LA NUQUE DE SON JEUNE MODÈLE, 1968

Sale Date: July 15, 2023

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Deux musiciens, 1965

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Deux musiciens, 1965

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Femme au turban, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Femme au turban, 1923

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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