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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Tête de femme au chignon, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme au chignon, 1952

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Deux Clowns, c. 1954, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Deux Clowns, c. 1954, 1954

Sale Date: May 7, 2023

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Danseurs (A.R. 388)

Pablo Picasso

Danseurs (A.R. 388)

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Chouette Femme (A.R. 119)

Pablo Picasso

Chouette Femme (A.R. 119)

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Profil de Taureau (A.R. 317), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Taureau (A.R. 317), 1956

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Tête de Faune

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Tête de Faune

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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L'HOMME AU CHAPEAU. DA DU CUBISME, 1914

Pablo Picasso

L'HOMME AU CHAPEAU. DA DU CUBISME, 1914

Sale Date: May 8, 2023

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Eurydice piqée par un serpent

Pablo Picasso

Eurydice piqée par un serpent

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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“Le vieux roi”, 6.1.59, 1959

Pablo Picasso

“Le vieux roi”, 6.1.59, 1959

Sale Date: May 9, 2023

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Taureau sous larbre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous larbre, 1952

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Venus et Lamour voleur de miel (daprès..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Venus et Lamour voleur de miel (daprès..., 1957

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Spanish pitcher

Pablo Picasso

Spanish pitcher

Sale Date: May 27, 2023

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Barcelona - Fuente en el Parque, 1895

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Barcelona - Fuente en el Parque, 1895

Sale Date: May 17, 2023

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Vallauris, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris, 1956

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Femme du Barbu - 10 juillet (AR # 193), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Femme du Barbu - 10 juillet (AR # 193), 1953

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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Corrida aux personnages - 11 juin (AR # 104), 1950

Pablo Picasso

Corrida aux personnages - 11 juin (AR # 104), 1950

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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L’Écuyère, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’Écuyère, 1960

Sale Date: May 6, 2023

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Oiseu avec touffe ashtray, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseu avec touffe ashtray, 1952

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Petit visage barbu tile, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Petit visage barbu tile, 1968–1969

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Femme hibou des bois vase, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Femme hibou des bois vase, 1951

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Hibou jug, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou jug, 1955

Sale Date: May 12, 2023

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Head of a Boy, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Head of a Boy, 1956

Sale Date: May 16, 2023

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Picasso Lithographe....

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Picasso Lithographe....

Sale Date: May 4, 2023

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