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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Vieil homme drapé, Célestine et fille, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Vieil homme drapé, Célestine et fille, 1971

Sale Date: June 13, 2023

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Homme barbu couronné de vigne, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Homme barbu couronné de vigne, 1962

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Femme toréro, dernier baiser?, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme toréro, dernier baiser?, 1934

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Figure, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Figure, 1948

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Jacqueline au bandeau. II, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au bandeau. II, 1962

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Buste de profil, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Buste de profil, 1957

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Figure composée I, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure composée I, 1949

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Françoise, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Françoise, 1946

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Le corsage à carreaux, 1949

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Le corsage à carreaux, 1949

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Garçon pensif veillant une dormeuse à la..., 1934

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Garçon pensif veillant une dormeuse à la..., 1934

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Jeune fille inspirée par Cranach, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Jeune fille inspirée par Cranach, 1949

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Picador et torero attendant le paseo de..., 1959

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Picador et torero attendant le paseo de..., 1959

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Buste au corsage à carreaux, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Buste au corsage à carreaux, 1957

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Tête de jeune fille, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Tête de jeune fille, 1947

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Françoise, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Françoise, 1946

Sale Date: June 15, 2023

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Peintre et modèle, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle, 1953

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, d'après Manet. I, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, d'après Manet. I, 1962

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Femme au fauteuil n°4 (d'après le violet), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Femme au fauteuil n°4 (d'après le violet), 1949

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Nature morte à la suspension - Nature morte..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la suspension - Nature morte..., 1962

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Pipe, bouteille de Bass, dé, 1914

Pablo Picasso

Pipe, bouteille de Bass, dé, 1914

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, 1964

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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Couple et flûtistes au bord d’un lac..., 1959

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Couple et flûtistes au bord d’un lac..., 1959

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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José Delgado alias Pepe Illo. La Tauromaquia , 1959

Pablo Picasso

José Delgado alias Pepe Illo. La Tauromaquia , 1959

Sale Date: June 16, 2023

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