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 Poète à un excellent peintre..., 1947–1948

Pablo Picasso

“Le Poète à un excellent peintre..., 1947–1948

Sale Date: May 30, 2023

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Picador, 1953

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Picador, 1953

Sale Date: June 2, 2023

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Nature morte, 1953

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Nature morte, 1953

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Toros y Toreros, 1961

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Toros y Toreros, 1961

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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2 affiches

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2 affiches

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Portrait de Georges Auric

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Portrait de Georges Auric

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

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Femme dans l'atelier, 1956

Sale Date: May 31, 2023

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Deux danseurs (A.R. 380), 1956

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Deux danseurs (A.R. 380), 1956

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Deux Femmes au Miroir (from Sable Mouvant), 1965

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Deux Femmes au Miroir (from Sable Mouvant), 1965

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Suerte de Veras, 1957

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Suerte de Veras, 1957

Sale Date: May 26, 2023

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Le Danseur, 1965

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Le Danseur, 1965

Sale Date: May 26, 2023

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Trois Femmes Nues près d'une Fenêtre (Three Nude

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Trois Femmes Nues près d'une Fenêtre (Three Nude

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Sculpteur et son Modèle avec un Groupe Sculpté...

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Sculpteur et son Modèle avec un Groupe Sculpté...

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Minotaure Caressant une Femme (Minotaur...

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Minotaure Caressant une Femme (Minotaur...

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV (Sculptor at Rest)

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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV (Sculptor at Rest)

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Ohne Titel (Vieux Cocu racontant son..., 1966

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Ohne Titel (Vieux Cocu racontant son..., 1966

Sale Date: May 24, 2023

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Plat modèle Oiseau

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Plat modèle Oiseau

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Pendentif modèle visage de femme en faïence rouge

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Pendentif modèle visage de femme en faïence rouge

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Coupelle ronde modèle visage en céramique émaillée

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Coupelle ronde modèle visage en céramique émaillée

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Pendentif modèle oiseau de profil en faïence rouge

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Pendentif modèle oiseau de profil en faïence rouge

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Homme

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Homme

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Coupelle ronde modèle visage en céramique..., 1988

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Coupelle ronde modèle visage en céramique..., 1988

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Pendentif modèle oiseau de profil en faïence , 1988

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Pendentif modèle oiseau de profil en faïence , 1988

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Plat modèle Oiseau polychrome en céramique..., 1988

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Plat modèle Oiseau polychrome en céramique..., 1988

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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