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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Sale Date: April 18, 2023

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues, 1932

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues, 1932

Sale Date: March 31, 2023

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa...

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa...

Sale Date: March 29, 2023

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L'Âne; Le Lézard from Histoire Naturelle...

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347 Series No.317, 1968

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347 Series No.317, 1968

Sale Date: April 7, 2023

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RÉFLEXION DU VIEUX PEINTRE SUR LA FEMME

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RÉFLEXION DU VIEUX PEINTRE SUR LA FEMME

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR II - 1933, 1933

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR II - 1933, 1933

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Suite 156 / 156 Series, 1970, 1970

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Suite 156 / 156 Series, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: April 8, 2023

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L'ATTENTE (MARGOT) (DE LA SÉRIE / FROM THE..., 1966

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L'ATTENTE (MARGOT) (DE LA SÉRIE / FROM THE..., 1966

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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A owl pitcher, Mid-Century

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A owl pitcher, Mid-Century

Sale Date: March 29, 2023

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Taureau dans l

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Taureau dans l"arène - 1948, 1948

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Scène de tauromachie

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Scène de tauromachie

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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Vase de fleurs au tapis à ramages, 1947

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Vase de fleurs au tapis à ramages, 1947

Sale Date: April 29, 2023

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La femme qui pleure

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La femme qui pleure

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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Woman's Head, Crowned with Flowers (Ramie 237), 1954

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Woman's Head, Crowned with Flowers (Ramie 237), 1954

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Claude et Paloma, 1950

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Claude et Paloma, 1950

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Buste d'Homme, 1971

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Buste d'Homme, 1971

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Neptune / Poséidon, 1965–1970

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Neptune / Poséidon, 1965–1970

Sale Date: March 24, 2023

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Profil de Jacqueline (A. R. 309), 1956

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Profil de Jacqueline (A. R. 309), 1956

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Citando a matar, serie La Tauromaquia, 1957

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Citando a matar, serie La Tauromaquia, 1957

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Cote d’Azur., 1962

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Cote d’Azur., 1962

Sale Date: March 26, 2023

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Visage

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Visage

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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