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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Vollard Et Son Chat, 1960

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Vollard Et Son Chat, 1960

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

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Visage, 1955

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Visage, 1955

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Motif spiralé (Spiraled motif) (R. 404), 1957

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Motif spiralé (Spiraled motif) (R. 404), 1957

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Lampe femme (Woman lamp) (R. 294), 1955

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Lampe femme (Woman lamp) (R. 294), 1955

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Visage (Face) (R. 611), 1969

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Visage (Face) (R. 611), 1969

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Trois personnages sur tremplin (Three..., 1956

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Trois personnages sur tremplin (Three..., 1956

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Carnaval (B. 1193, Ba. 1356), 1965

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Carnaval (B. 1193, Ba. 1356), 1965

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Tête de femme, de profil (Head of a Woman,..., 1905

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Tête de femme, de profil (Head of a Woman,..., 1905

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Homme nu assis avec femme nue sur les..., 1955–1961

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Homme nu assis avec femme nue sur les..., 1955–1961

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Les Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary..., 1969

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Les Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary..., 1969

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants..., 1934

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants..., 1934

Sale Date: October 24, 2022

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Danaé (B. 1084, Ba. 1286), 1962

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Danaé (B. 1084, Ba. 1286), 1962

Sale Date: October 24, 2022

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Face no. 111, 1963

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Face no. 111, 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Tetes, 1956

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Tetes, 1956

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Yan Face, 1963

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Yan Face, 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Bearded Yan, 1963

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Bearded Yan, 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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White Ground Fish, 1952

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White Ground Fish, 1952

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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The Pike, 1950

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The Pike, 1950

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Yan Sun, 1963

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Yan Sun, 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Couple (royal?) posant pour un peintre en..., 1968

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Couple (royal?) posant pour un peintre en..., 1968

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Little Face no. 13, 1963

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Little Face no. 13, 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Corrida aux Personnages, 1950

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Corrida aux Personnages, 1950

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Matin: Pipe, femme et chocolat, from Séries..., 1968

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Matin: Pipe, femme et chocolat, from Séries..., 1968

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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Deux Modeles vetus, 1933

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Deux Modeles vetus, 1933

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

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