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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Le Peintre et son modèle, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son modèle, 1965

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Femme au Miroir; Au Bord de la Revière. Le..., 1922

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Miroir; Au Bord de la Revière. Le..., 1922

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L'Enterrement du Comte d'Orgaz, from Séries..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

L'Enterrement du Comte d'Orgaz, from Séries..., 1968

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La Chèvre-Feuille by Georges Hugne, 1943

Pablo Picasso

La Chèvre-Feuille by Georges Hugne, 1943

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Figure Noire, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Figure Noire, 1948

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Visage No. 130, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage No. 130, 1963

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Peintre Et Modele Accoude, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre Et Modele Accoude, 1966

Sale Date: March 17, 2023

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Abstract tapestry

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Abstract tapestry

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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Tête de Chouette' plaque, 1968-1969, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Chouette' plaque, 1968-1969, 1968–1969

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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Petit Visage Barbu' plaque, 1968-1969, 1968–1969

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Petit Visage Barbu' plaque, 1968-1969, 1968–1969

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Oiseau au Ver' dish, 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au Ver' dish, 1952, 1952

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'Owl' pitcher, 1954, 1954

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'Owl' pitcher, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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La Danse des Banderilles, 1954

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La Danse des Banderilles, 1954

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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シニヨン髪の腰掛ける女, 1962

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シニヨン髪の腰掛ける女, 1962

Sale Date: March 25, 2023

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Petite chouette (Alain Ramié 82), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Petite chouette (Alain Ramié 82), 1949

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Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Le Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu, 1931

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Couple, from La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Couple, from La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

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Femme (Alain Ramié 300), 1955

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Femme (Alain Ramié 300), 1955

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Le grand hibou, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Le grand hibou, 1948

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Femme assise, from Contrée, 1943

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Femme assise, from Contrée, 1943

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Chouette visage de femme (Alain Ramié 144), 1952

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Chouette visage de femme (Alain Ramié 144), 1952

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Vase aux chèvres (Alain Ramié 156), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Vase aux chèvres (Alain Ramié 156), 1952

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La Femme au fauteuil, 1947

Pablo Picasso

La Femme au fauteuil, 1947

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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