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 Saltimbanque (Pl. des Saltimbanques) , 1905

Pablo Picasso

Le Saltimbanque (Pl. des Saltimbanques) , 1905

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Faune dévoilant une femme, 1936

Pablo Picasso

Faune dévoilant une femme, 1936

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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La Danse barbare (Pl. des Saltimbanques) , 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Danse barbare (Pl. des Saltimbanques) , 1905

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Le Repos du sculpteur devant un centaure et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du sculpteur devant un centaure et..., 1933

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette, 1934

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Deux buveurs catalans, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Deux buveurs catalans, 1934

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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La Danse des faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse des faunes, 1957

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Le Repos du sculpteur et le modèle au masque, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du sculpteur et le modèle au masque, 1933

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Figure, ou Baigneuse à la cabine, 1929

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants, 1934

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Modèle contemplant un groupe sculpté, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle contemplant un groupe sculpté, 1933

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Sculpteur et son modèle devant une fenêtre, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et son modèle devant une fenêtre, 1933

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Homme et femme, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Homme et femme, 1927

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Femme nue à la jambe pliée, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue à la jambe pliée, 1931

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Visage (A.R. 288)

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A.R. 288)

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Cavalier et Cheval (A.R. 137)

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et Cheval (A.R. 137)

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Exposition Vallauris (1964), 1964

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Exposition Vallauris (1964), 1964

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Femme au Corset Tesant un Livre, 1918

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Femme au Corset Tesant un Livre, 1918

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Portrait d'Homme, J-103, 1964

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Portrait d'Homme, J-103, 1964

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Nature Morte a la Fenetre, 1932

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Nature Morte a la Fenetre, 1932

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Carnaval, 1967

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Carnaval, 1967

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Wood-Owl, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Wood-Owl, 1948

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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The Pike, 1950

Pablo Picasso

The Pike, 1950

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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Faun's Head, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Faun's Head, 1948

Sale Date: June 6, 2023

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