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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PABLO PICASSO PICADOR II., 1961

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO PICADOR II., 1961

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PABLO PICASSO FACE., 1955

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PABLO PICASSO FACE., 1955

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE AU CITRON , 1960

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE AU CITRON , 1960

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE., 1927

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) NATURE MORTE., 1927

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LES SALTIMBANQUES., 1922

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PABLO PICASSO (AFTER) LES SALTIMBANQUES., 1922

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PABLO PICASSO DEUX FEMMES AVEC UN VASE À..., 1959

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PABLO PICASSO DEUX FEMMES AVEC UN VASE À..., 1959

Sale Date: March 23, 2023

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Le photographe, 1957

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Le photographe, 1957

Sale Date: March 10, 2023

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Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles Museé Reattu..., 1957

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Dessins, Gouaches, Aquarelles Museé Reattu..., 1957

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Picasso's Sketchbook: a limited edition in...

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Picasso's Sketchbook: a limited edition in...

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Guernica

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Guernica

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Face No. 111,, 1963

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Face No. 111,, 1963

Sale Date: March 19, 2023

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VENUS ET L'AMOUR, 1957

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VENUS ET L'AMOUR, 1957

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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VINGT POEMES, 1948

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VINGT POEMES, 1948

Sale Date: March 8, 2023

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Peintre travaillant à une grande toile, 1964

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Peintre travaillant à une grande toile, 1964

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Homme pensif chez une jeune femme, avec la..., 1968

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Homme pensif chez une jeune femme, avec la..., 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Affiche pour le Musée de Céret, Manolo Huguet, 1957

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Affiche pour le Musée de Céret, Manolo Huguet, 1957

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Collation en musique chez la Célestine,..., 1968

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Collation en musique chez la Célestine,..., 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Visiteur, avec son chien, chez une jeune..., 1968

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Visiteur, avec son chien, chez une jeune..., 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Peintre avec deux modèles regardant une..., 1927

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Peintre avec deux modèles regardant une..., 1927

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Couple, from: La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

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Couple, from: La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Peintre et modèle lll, 1963

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Peintre et modèle lll, 1963

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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Peintre agenouillé avec des spectateurs, 1966

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Peintre agenouillé avec des spectateurs, 1966

Sale Date: March 16, 2023

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