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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Rembrandt à la palette, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Rembrandt à la palette, 1934

Sale Date: February 24, 2023

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Femme (Frontispiece for Picasso Oeuvres , 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Femme (Frontispiece for Picasso Oeuvres , 1922–1923

Sale Date: February 24, 2023

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Coquillages et oiseaux, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Coquillages et oiseaux, 1946

Sale Date: February 14, 2023

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Mousquetaire I (Espagnol du XVllème siècle), 1967

Pablo Picasso

Mousquetaire I (Espagnol du XVllème siècle), 1967

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Femme assise dans un fauteuil tressé, en..., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise dans un fauteuil tressé, en..., 1953

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Compotier et verres, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Compotier et verres, 1943

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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La femme au tambourin (Dora Maar), 1939

Pablo Picasso

La femme au tambourin (Dora Maar), 1939

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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Femme dans un rocking-chair (Jacqueline), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Femme dans un rocking-chair (Jacqueline), 1956

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Magie Quotidienne, 1968

Sale Date: February 14, 2023

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Head of Woman

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Head of Woman

Sale Date: February 10, 2023

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War and Peace

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War and Peace

Sale Date: February 10, 2023

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Chouette, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Chouette, 1968

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Raphaël et la Fornarina, XI: Le pape est..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina, XI: Le pape est..., 1968

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Pl.48 from 'Séries 156', 1970

Pablo Picasso

Pl.48 from 'Séries 156', 1970

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Jacqueline lisant, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline lisant, 1957

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Modèle accoudé sur un tableau, from 'La..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle accoudé sur un tableau, from 'La..., 1933

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Gros homme baissant culotte sur la piste..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gros homme baissant culotte sur la piste..., 1968

Sale Date: March 2, 2023

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Mat owl, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Mat owl, 1955

Sale Date: March 2, 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: February 21, 2023

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Visage, 1982

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Visage, 1982

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Television: Combat de Chars à l’antique,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Television: Combat de Chars à l’antique,..., 1968

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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La Danseuse Naine, from the Barcelona Suite, 1966

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La Danseuse Naine, from the Barcelona Suite, 1966

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Femme Et Enfant, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Femme Et Enfant, 1923

Sale Date: February 28, 2023

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