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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Raphaël et la Fornarina. XIV: Le Pape s'est..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina. XIV: Le Pape s'est..., 1968

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Raphaël et la Fornarina. XII: Dans son..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina. XII: Dans son..., 1968

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Degas songeant, filles entre elles, Pl.110..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas songeant, filles entre elles, Pl.110..., 1971

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Couple et petit valet encadrés par une..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Couple et petit valet encadrés par une..., 1968

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Homme en gilet Afghan songeant aux amours..., 1968

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Homme en gilet Afghan songeant aux amours..., 1968

Sale Date: May 18, 2023

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Accouplement, 1933

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Accouplement, 1933

Sale Date: April 30, 2023

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Le vieux Roi, 1963

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Le vieux Roi, 1963

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Nudo che danza, 1960

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Nudo che danza, 1960

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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FIGURES NO. 28 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 463)

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FIGURES NO. 28 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 463)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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PICADOR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 211)

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PICADOR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 211)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 368)

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TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 368)

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YAN SOLEIL (ALAIN RAMIÉ 516)

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YAN SOLEIL (ALAIN RAMIÉ 516)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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VISAGE NO. 130 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 479)

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VISAGE NO. 130 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 479)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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BOUTEILLE GRAVÉE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 249)

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BOUTEILLE GRAVÉE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 249)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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SCÈNE DE PLAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 389)

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SCÈNE DE PLAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 389)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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VISAGE D'HOMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 203)

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VISAGE D'HOMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 203)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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PICHET GRIS GRAVÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 246)

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PICHET GRIS GRAVÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 246)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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FEMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 297)

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FEMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 297)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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VISAGE À LA GRILLE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 351)

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VISAGE À LA GRILLE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 351)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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FEMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 296)

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FEMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 296)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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VISAGE NO. 197 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 494)

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VISAGE NO. 197 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 494)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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VISAGE AU NEZ PINCÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 440)

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VISAGE AU NEZ PINCÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 440)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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QUATRE VISAGES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 437)

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QUATRE VISAGES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 437)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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JOUEUR DE FLÛTE ET CHÈVRE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 382)

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JOUEUR DE FLÛTE ET CHÈVRE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 382)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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