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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Ronde de la jeunesse au soleil, 1959

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Ronde de la jeunesse au soleil, 1959

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Two prints by the artist, 1946–1957

Pablo Picasso

Two prints by the artist, 1946–1957

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Peintre en costume Espagnol peignant sur son , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre en costume Espagnol peignant sur son , 1968

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Dressage au Cirque, avec, au Premier Plan,..., 1970

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Dressage au Cirque, avec, au Premier Plan,..., 1970

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Le Peintre et le modèle, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et le modèle, 1966

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Peintre et modèle, 1966

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Peintre et modèle, 1966

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Dans l'atelier, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Dans l'atelier, 1966

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Profils, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Profils, 1966

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Dans l'Atelier, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Dans l'Atelier, 1965

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Dans l'atelier, 1965

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Dans l'atelier, 1965

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Profil et femme, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Profil et femme, 1965

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Dans l'Atelier, 1965

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Dans l'Atelier, 1965

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Fumeur à la cigarette rouge, 1964

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Fumeur à la cigarette rouge, 1964

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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Vénus et l'amour, 1965

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Vénus et l'amour, 1965

Sale Date: November 22, 2022

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“Le vieux roi”, 6.1.59, 1959

Pablo Picasso

“Le vieux roi”, 6.1.59, 1959

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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“Lampe femme”, 1955

Pablo Picasso

“Lampe femme”, 1955

Sale Date: December 7, 2022

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: November 18, 2022

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Visage (A.R. 288), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A.R. 288), 1955

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Visage de faune (A.R. 283), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage de faune (A.R. 283), 1955

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A.R. 382), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flûte et chèvre (A.R. 382), 1956

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Poissons (A.R. 113), 1950

Pablo Picasso

Poissons (A.R. 113), 1950

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Service visage noir (A.R. 35), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Service visage noir (A.R. 35), 1948

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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Poisson fond blanc (A.R. 168), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Poisson fond blanc (A.R. 168), 1952

Sale Date: November 21, 2022

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