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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PICADOR ET TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 197)

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR ET TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 197)

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OISEAU POLYCHROME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 33)

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OISEAU POLYCHROME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 33)

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LE COCU MAGNIFIQUE (BLOCH 1254; SEE CRAMER BOOKS

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LE COCU MAGNIFIQUE (BLOCH 1254; SEE CRAMER BOOKS

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PITCHET YAN (ALAIN RAMIÉ 140)

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PITCHET YAN (ALAIN RAMIÉ 140)

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TOROS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 161)

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TOROS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 161)

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POISSON BLEU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 180)

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POISSON BLEU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 180)

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE...

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE...

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TÊTE DE CHEVRE DE PROFIL (ALAIN RAMIÉ 151)

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TÊTE DE CHEVRE DE PROFIL (ALAIN RAMIÉ 151)

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES

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PORTRAITS IMAGINAIRES

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FEMME CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 119)

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FEMME CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 119)

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FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE FEMME (BLOCH 230; BAER 609)

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FAUNE DÉVOILANT UNE FEMME (BLOCH 230; BAER 609)

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FUMEUR À LA CIGARETTE VERTE (BLOCH, BAER 1168)

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FUMEUR À LA CIGARETTE VERTE (BLOCH, BAER 1168)

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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Portrait of D.H. Kahnweiler I, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Portrait of D.H. Kahnweiler I, 1957

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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Musée Municipal D’Art Moderne Céret, 1958

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Musée Municipal D’Art Moderne Céret, 1958

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Taureau sous l’Arbre plate, 1952

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Taureau sous l’Arbre plate, 1952

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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Le Clown, 1968

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Le Clown, 1968

Sale Date: April 26, 2023

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Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture: Plate I from..., 1927

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Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture: Plate I from..., 1927

Sale Date: April 25, 2023

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Femme au chapeau fleuri', 1964

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Femme au chapeau fleuri', 1964

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Vallauris', 1956

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Vallauris', 1956

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Joueur de diaule', 1947

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Joueur de diaule', 1947

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Footballeur', 1965

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Footballeur', 1965

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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Trois personnages sur tremplin', 1956

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Trois personnages sur tremplin', 1956

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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