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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Corrida sur fond noir (Corrida on Black..., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida sur fond noir (Corrida on Black..., 1953

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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"Bouquet à la pomme" Assiette ronde tournée, 1956

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Femme au chapeau fleuri (Woman with flowery..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

Femme au chapeau fleuri (Woman with flowery..., 1964

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Danaé (Bl. 1084, Ba. 1286), 1962

Pablo Picasso

Danaé (Bl. 1084, Ba. 1286), 1962

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Vénus et l ́amour (d'après Cranach), 1ère..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Vénus et l ́amour (d'après Cranach), 1ère..., 1949

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. I..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. I..., 1962

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Faune musicien N° 5 (Musician Faun N° 5)..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Faune musicien N° 5 (Musician Faun N° 5)..., 1948

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Femme (Woman) (R. 300), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Femme (Woman) (R. 300), 1955

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette, I..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette, I..., 1934

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Chouette (Wood-owl) (R. 602), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (Wood-owl) (R. 602), 1969

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Tête d'homme à la pipe (Head of a Man with a , 1912

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme à la pipe (Head of a Man with a , 1912

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Visage (Face) (R. 290), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage (Face) (R. 290), 1955

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Picador (Bullfighter) (R. 162), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (Bullfighter) (R. 162), 1952

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Rond

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Rond

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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Visage

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Visage

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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Visage

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Visage

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Rond

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Rond

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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JACQUELINE, UNFRAMED, 1959

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JACQUELINE, UNFRAMED, 1959

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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EXPOSITION VALLAURIS 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

EXPOSITION VALLAURIS 1963, 1963

Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS, 1971

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS, 1971

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS, 1972

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IMAGINARY PORTRAITS, 1972

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: April 27, 2023

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SPIRALED MOTIF (AR.404), 1957

Pablo Picasso

SPIRALED MOTIF (AR.404), 1957

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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Petit cheval, 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Petit cheval, 1963, 1963

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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