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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Jeux de Plage, 1955

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Jeux de Plage, 1955

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Sueño y mentira de Franco I & II (The Dream..., 1937

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Sueño y mentira de Franco I & II (The Dream..., 1937

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Deux femmes se reposant (Two Women Resting), , 1931

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Deux femmes se reposant (Two Women Resting), , 1931

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Jacqueline à l'Atelier (Jacqueline at the..., 1956

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Jacqueline à l'Atelier (Jacqueline at the..., 1956

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Le vieux roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 317), 1959

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Le vieux roi (Bloch 869; Mourlot 317), 1959

Sale Date: June 27, 2023

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Kvinnehode, 1957

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Kvinnehode, 1957

Sale Date: June 14, 2023

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Femme à l’Oiseau, 1966

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Femme à l’Oiseau, 1966

Sale Date: June 14, 2023

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Le Couple, 1968

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Le Couple, 1968

Sale Date: June 24, 2023

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Pigeonneau dans son nid, 1947

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Pigeonneau dans son nid, 1947

Sale Date: June 24, 2023

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“Retrato imaginario”, 1969

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“Retrato imaginario”, 1969

Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Group of Four (4) Hardcover Books, 1954

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Group of Four (4) Hardcover Books, 1954

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe III, 1956

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe III, 1956

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

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Cover from Picasso Lithographe I, 1949

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Toros y Torereos, 1961

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Toros y Torereos, 1961

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Personnages assis et Personnages couché, 1956

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Personnages assis et Personnages couché, 1956

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Visage au nez noir (A.R 609), 1969, 1969

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Visage au nez noir (A.R 609), 1969, 1969

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Le vieux roi, 1959

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Oiseau sur la branche (Alain Ramié 175), 1952

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Oiseau sur la branche (Alain Ramié 175), 1952

Sale Date: June 24, 2023

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L'Atelier, 1948, 1948

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L'Atelier, 1948, 1948

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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La Pique (The Pike), 1961; Jeu de la..., 1957–1961

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La Pique (The Pike), 1961; Jeu de la..., 1957–1961

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Toros, 1960, 1960

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Toros, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Vallauris Exposition 1955, 1959;..., 1955–1959

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Vallauris Exposition 1955, 1959;..., 1955–1959

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Female Head in Profile, 1962, 1962

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Female Head in Profile, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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