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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Homme Rembranesque assis chez les Filles, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme Rembranesque assis chez les Filles, 1968

Sale Date: November 8, 2022

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Maternité 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Maternité 1963, 1963

Sale Date: November 8, 2022

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Nude Model and Sculptures, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Nude Model and Sculptures, 1933

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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"Scène de tauromachie" coupelle ronde, 1954

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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"Tête de taureau" coupelle ronde, 1954

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Caricature, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Caricature, 1958

Sale Date: October 30, 2022

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“L'homme à la fraise”, 1973

Pablo Picasso

“L'homme à la fraise”, 1973

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Corrida (A.R. 181), 1953

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Corrida (A.R. 181), 1953

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Taureau sous l'arbre (A.R. 159), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous l'arbre (A.R. 159), 1952

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise, 1933

Sale Date: November 4, 2022

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Visage

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Visage

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Oiseau n°91 vers 1960, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau n°91 vers 1960, 1960

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Visage, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1954

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Scène de tauromachie, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Scène de tauromachie, 1957

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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DESCHAMPS, HENRI, 1962

Pablo Picasso

DESCHAMPS, HENRI, 1962

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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El Torero sale en Hombros de los Aficionados, 1957

Pablo Picasso

El Torero sale en Hombros de los Aficionados, 1957

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Toreau mourant agenouillé devant une femme..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Toreau mourant agenouillé devant une femme..., 1934

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Dressage au cirque, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Dressage au cirque, 1970

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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Johannes der Täufer

Pablo Picasso

Johannes der Täufer

Sale Date: November 3, 2022

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La jeune artiste, 1949

Pablo Picasso

La jeune artiste, 1949

Sale Date: November 4, 2022

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Laporte (Genevieve) Les Cavaliers d'Ombre; Sous...

Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso

Laporte (Genevieve) Les Cavaliers d'Ombre; Sous...

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Le cirque: femme au cheval, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Le cirque: femme au cheval, 1960

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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