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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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. 4 titles with...

Pablo Picasso

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973; and JEAN COCTEAU....

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Lysistrata. A new...

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Lysistrata. A new...

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. A los toros avec...

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. A los toros avec...

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INSCRIBED WITH ORIGINAL BIRD DRAWING IN COLORS....

Pablo Picasso

INSCRIBED WITH ORIGINAL BIRD DRAWING IN COLORS....

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PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Le Carmen des..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO, PABLO. 1881-1973. Le Carmen des..., 1964

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After

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Picador et Taureau

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Picador et Taureau

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Les Transparents

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Les Transparents

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Composition 8 août 1947

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Composition 8 août 1947

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Sculpteur devant sa Sellette, avec un Spectateur

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Sculpteur devant sa Sellette, avec un Spectateur

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Femme au Corsage à Fleurs

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Femme au Corsage à Fleurs

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Skål

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Skål

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Tête de profil, 1969

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Tête de profil, 1969

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Visage dans un carré, 1956

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Visage dans un carré, 1956

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Vallauris, 1956

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Vallauris, 1956

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Tête en forme d'horloge, 1956

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Tête en forme d'horloge, 1956

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Nu a la chaise, 1954

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Nu a la chaise, 1954

Sale Date: May 19, 2023

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347 Series No.35, 1968

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347 Series No.35, 1968

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Nature morte au livre, 1953

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Nature morte au livre, 1953

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Picador

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Picador

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Picador

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Picador

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Femme a la Robe Multicolore, 1932

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Femme a la Robe Multicolore, 1932

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Buste de Femme Assise - Les Mains Sous le..., 1938

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Buste de Femme Assise - Les Mains Sous le..., 1938

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