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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Grande tête de Jacqueline au chapeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Grande tête de Jacqueline au chapeau, 1962

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Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée, 1920

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Guitare et compotier sur une table carrée, 1920

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II, 1962

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II, 1962

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Danaé, 1962

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Danaé, 1962

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Groupe de quatre Saltimbanques, 1905

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Groupe de quatre Saltimbanques, 1905

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Tête de femme N° 7 - Portrait Dora Maar, 1939

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Tête de femme N° 7 - Portrait Dora Maar, 1939

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Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928

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Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928

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Femme au fauteuil n°1 (d'après le rouge), 1949

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Femme au fauteuil n°1 (d'après le rouge), 1949

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"Visage" Madoura Ceramic Pitcher, 1969

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"Taureau Sous L'Arbre" Madoura Ceramic Plate, 1952

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"Visage" Madoura Terracotta Medallion, 1954

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Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

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Femme au lit avec visiteurs en costume du..., 1971

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Françoise aux cheveux ondulés, 1946

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Françoise aux cheveux ondulés, 1946

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Scène bacchique au Minotaure Blatt 85 der..., 1933

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Scène bacchique au Minotaure Blatt 85 der..., 1933

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Nature morte aux casse-croûte. I, 1962

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Nature morte aux casse-croûte. I, 1962

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Femme au chignon, 1957

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Femme au chignon, 1957

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Deux figures nues: Femme à la guitare et..., 1909

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Deux figures nues: Femme à la guitare et..., 1909

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Minotaure aveugle guidé dans la nuit par une , 1934

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Minotaure aveugle guidé dans la nuit par une , 1934

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L'Arriveé du Chevalier, 1951, 1951

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L'Arriveé du Chevalier, 1951, 1951

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Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from La..., 1933

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Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, from La..., 1933

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Odalisque au coussin, plate 40 from Series..., 1970

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Odalisque au coussin, plate 40 from Series..., 1970

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Face with Pursed Nose (Ramié 414), 1959, 1959

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Face with Pursed Nose (Ramié 414), 1959, 1959

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Sculpteur, modèle et buste sculpté, plate..., 1933

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Sculpteur, modèle et buste sculpté, plate..., 1933

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Picasso Venti Pochoirs Originali, 1955

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Picasso Venti Pochoirs Originali, 1955

Sale Date: May 30, 2023

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