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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La Fuemeur, 1969

Pablo Picasso

La Fuemeur, 1969

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Le Peintre et son Modèle, from Regards sur..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modèle, from Regards sur..., 1962

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Poteries, Fleurs, Parfums, Vallauris..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Poteries, Fleurs, Parfums, Vallauris..., 1948

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Colombe de l'Avenir ou Les Armes à la..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Colombe de l'Avenir ou Les Armes à la..., 1962

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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PICASSO: FIFTEEN DRAWINGS

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PICASSO: FIFTEEN DRAWINGS

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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LA CÉLESTINE (CRAMER 149)

Pablo Picasso

LA CÉLESTINE (CRAMER 149)

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317)

Pablo Picasso

LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317)

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Tête en forme d'horloge (A.R. 325), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tête en forme d'horloge (A.R. 325), 1956

Sale Date: April 13, 2023

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Faun i nimfa

Pablo Picasso

Faun i nimfa

Sale Date: April 19, 2023

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Composition with Stemmed Glass (from the..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Composition with Stemmed Glass (from the..., 1947

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Rape under the window

Pablo Picasso

Rape under the window

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Taureau et picador, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Taureau et picador, 1956

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Le Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Le Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Alter Maler mit weiblichem Akt, 1932–1937

Pablo Picasso

Alter Maler mit weiblichem Akt, 1932–1937

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Le repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Toros, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros, 1952

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Keramikteller 'Taureau sous l'arbre', 1952

Pablo Picasso

Keramikteller 'Taureau sous l'arbre', 1952

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Le modèle nu

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Le modèle nu

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: April 14, 2023

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Keramikschale 'Oiseau au soleil', 1952

Pablo Picasso

Keramikschale 'Oiseau au soleil', 1952

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

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Keramikteller 'Tête de Chèvre de Profil', 1951

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Keramikteller 'Tête de Chèvre de Profil', 1951

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

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Homme portant un enfant 抱嬰男子, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Homme portant un enfant 抱嬰男子, 1965

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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