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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Oiseau, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau, 1950

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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Taureau Sous l'Arbre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau Sous l'Arbre, 1952

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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Notre Dame de Vie (Portrait d'Homme), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Notre Dame de Vie (Portrait d'Homme), 1966

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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Portrait d’homme moustachu, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Portrait d’homme moustachu, 1968

Sale Date: April 5, 2023

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Tête de femme, 1908

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme, 1908

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Oiseau, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau, 1939

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Nature morte au verre, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte au verre, 1945

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Tête d'homme (III), 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme (III), 1964

Sale Date: April 4, 2023

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Vase deux anses hautes

Pablo Picasso

Vase deux anses hautes

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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CORRIDA AUX PERSONNAGES, 1950, 1950

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CORRIDA AUX PERSONNAGES, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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PESCE A TERRA BIANCA

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PESCE A TERRA BIANCA

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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L'Atelier de Cannes, 1956–1958

Pablo Picasso

L'Atelier de Cannes, 1956–1958

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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Owl, Glass and Flower, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Owl, Glass and Flower, 1956

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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La Ronde de la jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de la jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Un Dejeuner sur l'Herbe Rembranesque, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Un Dejeuner sur l'Herbe Rembranesque, 1968

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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Portrait-Charge d'un des Personnages, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Portrait-Charge d'un des Personnages, 1968

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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La Petite Bacchanale, 1959–1961

Pablo Picasso

La Petite Bacchanale, 1959–1961

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Untitled, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1966

Sale Date: March 21, 2023

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La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1963

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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From: La Célestine en Action: Le Pigeon. 1968, 1968

Pablo Picasso

From: La Célestine en Action: Le Pigeon. 1968, 1968

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Tête de face (Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Tête de face (Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de..., 1934

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Bird under the sun, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird under the sun, 1952

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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Vase with Two High Handles, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vase with Two High Handles, 1952

Sale Date: March 28, 2023

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