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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Portrait- Charge d'un des personnages de..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Portrait- Charge d'un des personnages de..., 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Mousquetaire, abbé en prière, vieillard à la , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Mousquetaire, abbé en prière, vieillard à la , 1970

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Danseuse (from the Boris Kochno's Le Ballet..., 1954

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Danseuse (from the Boris Kochno's Le Ballet..., 1954

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Mameluk enlevant une femme, attaqué par un..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Mameluk enlevant une femme, attaqué par un..., 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Écuyères et jongleuse, Pl.2 from 'Séries 347', 1968

Pablo Picasso

Écuyères et jongleuse, Pl.2 from 'Séries 347', 1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2022

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1979–1982

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Nature morte à la fenêtre, 1979–1982

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Scène bacchique au minotaure, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Scène bacchique au minotaure, 1933

Sale Date: December 10, 2022

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Picasso, son œuvre, et son public, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Picasso, son œuvre, et son public, 1968

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Marie-Thérèse rêvant de métamorphoses..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Marie-Thérèse rêvant de métamorphoses..., 1933

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Picasso, 156 neue Graphiken, 1973

Pablo Picasso

Picasso, 156 neue Graphiken, 1973

Sale Date: December 10, 2022

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La Femme, 1976

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La Femme, 1976

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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“Profil de Jacqueline” A terre de fajance..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

“Profil de Jacqueline” A terre de fajance..., 1956

Sale Date: November 15, 2022

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“Pichet Yan” A red faience pitcher, 1952

Pablo Picasso

“Pichet Yan” A red faience pitcher, 1952

Sale Date: November 15, 2022

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David et Bethsabée, 1947

Pablo Picasso

David et Bethsabée, 1947

Sale Date: December 3, 2022

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Autoportrait sous trois formes: Peintre..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Autoportrait sous trois formes: Peintre..., 1933

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Picador et Taureau, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador et Taureau, 1959

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Marie-Thérèse révant de métamorphoses:..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Marie-Thérèse révant de métamorphoses:..., 1933

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Pichet têtes, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet têtes, 1953

Sale Date: December 3, 2022

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Pichet Yan, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Yan, 1952

Sale Date: December 3, 2022

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Portrait de famille, homme aux bras croisés, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de famille, homme aux bras croisés, 1962

Sale Date: November 24, 2022

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Portrait de Gongora, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Gongora, 1947

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Print from the Mourlot Printing Press, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Print from the Mourlot Printing Press, 1964

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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Affiche pour le Musee de Ceret, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Affiche pour le Musee de Ceret, 1957

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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L'Etreinte, II, 1963

Pablo Picasso

L'Etreinte, II, 1963

Sale Date: November 16, 2022

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