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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Exposition Poteries Fleurs Parfums..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Poteries Fleurs Parfums..., 1948

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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Pierrot, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Pierrot, 1961

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Colombe, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe, 1949

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Hibou, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Hibou, 1949

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Le sauvetage de la noyée I, 1932–1961

Pablo Picasso

Le sauvetage de la noyée I, 1932–1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Arlequin (Etude pour les Noces de Pierrette), 1905

Pablo Picasso

Arlequin (Etude pour les Noces de Pierrette), 1905

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

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L'ARRIVÉE DU CHEVALIER, 1951

Pablo Picasso

L'ARRIVÉE DU CHEVALIER, 1951

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

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NATURE MORTE AU CITRON ET UN PICHET ROUGE, 1955

Pablo Picasso

NATURE MORTE AU CITRON ET UN PICHET ROUGE, 1955

Sale Date: December 6, 2022

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Corrida (A.R. 182), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida (A.R. 182), 1953

Sale Date: December 3, 2022

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Buste D’homme Et Femme Nus, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Buste D’homme Et Femme Nus, 1969

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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MATERNITE, 1966

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MATERNITE, 1966

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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LE PEINTRE ET SON MODELE, 1970

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LE PEINTRE ET SON MODELE, 1970

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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LES DEJEUNERS, 1962

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LES DEJEUNERS, 1962

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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COUPLE: FEMME ET HOMME CHIEN, 1972

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COUPLE: FEMME ET HOMME CHIEN, 1972

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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QUATRE HOMMES EN COSTUME REMBRANESQUE, 1968

Pablo Picasso

QUATRE HOMMES EN COSTUME REMBRANESQUE, 1968

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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MARIE-THERESE EN IDOLE ET TROIS GRECS BARBUS, 1934

Pablo Picasso

MARIE-THERESE EN IDOLE ET TROIS GRECS BARBUS, 1934

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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FEMME ASSISE EN TAILLEUR: GENEVIEVE LAPORTE, 1969

Pablo Picasso

FEMME ASSISE EN TAILLEUR: GENEVIEVE LAPORTE, 1969

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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NATURE MORTE A LA BOUTEILLE DE MARC, 1912

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NATURE MORTE A LA BOUTEILLE DE MARC, 1912

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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吉他和高脚盘, 1919

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吉他和高脚盘, 1919

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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于特里约父亲的肖像, 1903

Pablo Picasso

于特里约父亲的肖像, 1903

Sale Date: November 27, 2022

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Tête d'homme à la pipe, 1912

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme à la pipe, 1912

Sale Date: November 24, 2022

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Homme aux grosses jambes [A.R. 98]

Pablo Picasso

Homme aux grosses jambes [A.R. 98]

Sale Date: November 24, 2022

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Homme assis, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Homme assis, 1969

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Sujet poule (A.R. 250), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sujet poule (A.R. 250), 1954

Sale Date: November 23, 2022

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