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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Filles au repos, avec Degas songeur, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Filles au repos, avec Degas songeur, 1971

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Cavalier et son valet, Célestine et maja, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et son valet, Célestine et maja, 1968

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Dans l’atelier de gravure : Piero..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Dans l’atelier de gravure : Piero..., 1968

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Peintre et sa toile, avec un modèle, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et sa toile, avec un modèle, 1965

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« Mon Dieu, quel homme, qu’il est petit », 1968

Pablo Picasso

« Mon Dieu, quel homme, qu’il est petit », 1968

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La Célestine en action, 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine en action, 1968

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Vieux faune avec une poupée vivante, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Vieux faune avec une poupée vivante, 1968

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Grosse courtisane et vieux beau, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Grosse courtisane et vieux beau, 1968

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Peintre en demi-figure et modèle au chignon, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre en demi-figure et modèle au chignon, 1966

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Enlèvement, à pied, avec la Célestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Enlèvement, à pied, avec la Célestine, 1968

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Barbu de profil, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Barbu de profil, 1968

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Prostituée et hommes vieillissants, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Prostituée et hommes vieillissants, 1968

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Trois mousquetaires saluant une femme au lit, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Trois mousquetaires saluant une femme au lit, 1968

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Peintre et modèle, avec une sculpture II, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle, avec une sculpture II, 1964

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PORTRAIT IMAGINAIRE, 1969

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PORTRAIT IMAGINAIRE, 1969

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

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Pablo Picasso

"Maschera di Bacco" Sculpture, 1956

Sale Date: December 14, 2022

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VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 611)

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 611)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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PETITE CHOUETTE (SEE ALAIN RAMIÉ 82)

Pablo Picasso

PETITE CHOUETTE (SEE ALAIN RAMIÉ 82)

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Picador II, from A los toros, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Picador II, from A los toros, 1961

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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After Pablo Picasso Wool Tapestry, 1965

After Pablo Picasso

After Pablo Picasso Wool Tapestry, 1965

Sale Date: December 8, 2022

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Ces peintres nos amis, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Ces peintres nos amis, 1960

Sale Date: December 11, 2022

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Portrait de Piero Crommelynck II, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Piero Crommelynck II, 1966

Sale Date: December 11, 2022

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Le Torero Escamillo, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Le Torero Escamillo, 1949

Sale Date: December 11, 2022

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