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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Deux Saltimbanques, from Picasso Venti..., 1955

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Deux Saltimbanques, from Picasso Venti..., 1955

Sale Date: March 15, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LES PORTRAITS..., 1969

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LES PORTRAITS..., 1969

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO LE CHIEN., 1936

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO LE CHIEN., 1936

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 156:76 (HOMME PRIMITIF, , 1971

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 156:76 (HOMME PRIMITIF, , 1971

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO LE CARMEN DES CARMEN BY..., 1964

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PABLO PICASSO LE CARMEN DES CARMEN BY..., 1964

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:061 (CIRQUE)., 1968

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:061 (CIRQUE)., 1968

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO FIGURES., 1927

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO FIGURES., 1927

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO MORTE AU SOLEIL, IV., 1933

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PABLO PICASSO MORTE AU SOLEIL, IV., 1933

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO TÊTE D'HOMME AU BOUC., 1970

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO TÊTE D'HOMME AU BOUC., 1970

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:128 (TOURNAGE: PLAN , 1968

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:128 (TOURNAGE: PLAN , 1968

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) FEMME EN BUSTE., 1955

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) FEMME EN BUSTE., 1955

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:278 (FEMME À LA..., 1968

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PABLO PICASSO SÉRIES 347:278 (FEMME À LA..., 1968

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) DANSEUSE NAINE., 1966

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) DANSEUSE NAINE., 1966

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO FEMME VUE DE DOS., 1956

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PABLO PICASSO FEMME VUE DE DOS., 1956

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) VOLLARD ET SON CHAT, 1960

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) VOLLARD ET SON CHAT, 1960

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LA RONDE DE LA JEUNESSE., 1961

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LA RONDE DE LA JEUNESSE., 1961

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LA FOLIE., 1958

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LA FOLIE., 1958

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO FEMME ACCOUDÉE, SCULPTURE DE..., 1933

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PABLO PICASSO FEMME ACCOUDÉE, SCULPTURE DE..., 1933

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO VISAGE., 1950

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO VISAGE., 1950

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO L'ABEILLE., 1936

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO L'ABEILLE., 1936

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) VENUS ET L'AMOUR..., 1960

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) VENUS ET L'AMOUR..., 1960

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO MAT OWL., 1955

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PABLO PICASSO MAT OWL., 1955

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) L'ÉTREINTE., 1950

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) L'ÉTREINTE., 1950

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE DEVANT..., 1919

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE DEVANT..., 1919

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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