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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Le Thé: deux femmes nues et un chat, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le Thé: deux femmes nues et un chat, 1965

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Visiteurs divins à l'atelier, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visiteurs divins à l'atelier, 1955

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Homme barbu couronné de feuillage, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Homme barbu couronné de feuillage, 1962

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette..., 1934

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La Femme au chapeau, 1963

Pablo Picasso

La Femme au chapeau, 1963

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Nature morte sous la lampe, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte sous la lampe, 1962

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Rider and Horse, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Rider and Horse, 1968–1969

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Les trois amies, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Les trois amies, 1923

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Goat's head in profile plate, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Goat's head in profile plate, 1952

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Visage de Marie-Therese, 1928

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Marie-Therese, 1928

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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DEUX OISEAUX (NO. 95, A.R.487), CONCEIVED 1963

Pablo Picasso

DEUX OISEAUX (NO. 95, A.R.487), CONCEIVED 1963

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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MEURTRE, AVEC SPECTATEURS, 1966 (B. 1436;..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

MEURTRE, AVEC SPECTATEURS, 1966 (B. 1436;..., 1966

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Les deux saltimbanques (The Two Jugglers), 1905

Pablo Picasso

Les deux saltimbanques (The Two Jugglers), 1905

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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PROFIL DE TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIE 315)

Pablo Picasso

PROFIL DE TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIE 315)

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Avant la Pique I

Pablo Picasso

Avant la Pique I

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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A los toros, 1961

Pablo Picasso

A los toros, 1961

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Taureau, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau, 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Pichet Yan, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Yan, 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Picador et taureau, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador et taureau, 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Pichet aux oiseaux, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Pichet aux oiseaux, 1962

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Toros, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros, 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Profil de Taureau, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Taureau, 1956

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Picador, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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