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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Buffalo Bill, 1911

Pablo Picasso

Buffalo Bill, 1911

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Femme hurlant sa douleur, 1937

Pablo Picasso

Femme hurlant sa douleur, 1937

Sale Date: November 17, 2022

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Téte, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Téte, 1971

Sale Date: November 19, 2022

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Femme, the frontispiece for: Picasso Oeuvres...

Pablo Picasso

Femme, the frontispiece for: Picasso Oeuvres...

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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L'arrivée du chevalier, 1951

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L'arrivée du chevalier, 1951

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Nature morte devant une fenetre a..., 1925

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Nature morte devant une fenetre a..., 1925

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Tête classique, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Tête classique, 1923

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Quatre baigneuses, 1921

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Quatre baigneuses, 1921

Sale Date: November 9, 2022

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Untitled - Portrait

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Untitled - Portrait

Sale Date: October 18, 2022

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

Pablo Picasso

Paul en Pierrot (Text)

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Pablo Picasso

172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Sale Date: November 5, 2022

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Chez la Pythie-Harpye. Personnages..., 1934–1939

Pablo Picasso

Chez la Pythie-Harpye. Personnages..., 1934–1939

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Bull, Rim with Leaves, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Bull, Rim with Leaves, 1957

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Le Cabinet Particulier (Degas et un Fille), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Le Cabinet Particulier (Degas et un Fille), 1971

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Toros, 1952

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Toros, 1952

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Tauromachy Scene, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachy Scene, 1957

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Portraits à Rome de Bakst, Cocteau et..., 1917

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Portraits à Rome de Bakst, Cocteau et..., 1917

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Woman's Face., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Woman's Face., 1953

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Square with Dancers B., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Square with Dancers B., 1971

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Modèle et Grande Sculpture de Dos., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et Grande Sculpture de Dos., 1933

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une Fenêtre., 1933

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Sculpteur et son Modèle devant une Fenêtre., 1933

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Femme Nue Couronnée de Fleurs., 1930

Pablo Picasso

Femme Nue Couronnée de Fleurs., 1930

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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