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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Le Picador. 6.3.61., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Le Picador. 6.3.61., 1961

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Françoise, Claude, Paloma : la lecture et..., 1953

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Françoise, Claude, Paloma : la lecture et..., 1953

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Colombe volant (à l’arc-en-ciel, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volant (à l’arc-en-ciel, 1952

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La Danse des faunes, 1957

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La Danse des faunes, 1957

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Autour du « Bain turc » d’Ingres, 1968

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Autour du « Bain turc » d’Ingres, 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux filles, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas, les mains dans le dos, et deux filles, 1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Gros homme baissant culotte sur la piste..., 1968

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Gros homme baissant culotte sur la piste..., 1968

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Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

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Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

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Caballero et maja, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Caballero et maja, 1970

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Jeune peintre-Persée avec une chouette et..., 1970

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Jeune peintre-Persée avec une chouette et..., 1970

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette rêvant..., 1971

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette rêvant..., 1971

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Scène biblique (David et Bethsabée ?) avec..., 1968

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Scène biblique (David et Bethsabée ?) avec..., 1968

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La Fête de la patronne, confetti et diablotin, 1971

Pablo Picasso

La Fête de la patronne, confetti et diablotin, 1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Maison close, bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

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Maison close, bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

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Vieux corsaire à la retraite fumant sa pipe, 1968

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Vieux corsaire à la retraite fumant sa pipe, 1968

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Feuille d’études, visage et femme nue, 1971

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Feuille d’études, visage et femme nue, 1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Peintre cul-de-jatte dans son atelier,..., 1970

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Peintre cul-de-jatte dans son atelier,..., 1970

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Femme aux fleurs et portrait de barbu, avec..., 1971

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Femme aux fleurs et portrait de barbu, avec..., 1971

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Femme acrobate au maquillage pailleté et..., 1968

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Femme acrobate au maquillage pailleté et..., 1968

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Salomé dansant pour Hérode, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Salomé dansant pour Hérode, 1971

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Au jardin : odalisque en pantoufles au..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Au jardin : odalisque en pantoufles au..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Autour du « Bain turc », avec un petit intrus, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Autour du « Bain turc », avec un petit intrus, 1970

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Femme au chapeau et à l’œillet, avec homme..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Femme au chapeau et à l’œillet, avec homme..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Moine peintre et pénitente, guitariste au..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Moine peintre et pénitente, guitariste au..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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