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.

Pablo Picasso News

Market

Beauty Mogul Sydell Miller's Collection Is Expected to Fetch $200 Million at Sotheby's

by Margaret Carrigan
Beauty Mogul Sydell Miller's Collection Is Expected to Fetch $200 Million at Sotheby's
The Hammer

Simon de Pury Reveals the 14 Factors That Bestow Value on a Work of Art

by Simon de Pury
Simon de Pury Reveals the 14 Factors That Bestow Value on a Work of Art
Art World

The History of the Grand Palais in 7 Groundbreaking Exhibitions

by J. Cabelle Ahn
The History of the Grand Palais in 7 Groundbreaking Exhibitions

Pablo Picasso Artworks

Artworks for Sale &
Auction Results

Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

Auction Closed

Peintre au Travail avec Modèle barbu et une..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au Travail avec Modèle barbu et une..., 1963

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

Auction Closed

Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

Auction Closed

Grand Air, 1936

Pablo Picasso

Grand Air, 1936

Sale Date: October 26, 2022

Auction Closed

Faune et Marin, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Faune et Marin, 1956

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Claude, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Claude, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Paloma, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Paloma, from Picasso Lithographe II, 1950

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Le Chardonneret, from Eaux-fortes originale..., 1942

Pablo Picasso

Le Chardonneret, from Eaux-fortes originale..., 1942

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from 347 Suite, 1968

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

After Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

After Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Visage de faune, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage de faune, 1955

Sale Date: October 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Homme à l'agneau et musicien III, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Homme à l'agneau et musicien III, 1967

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

Auction Closed

Le Gamin, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Le Gamin, 1905

Sale Date: October 21, 2022

Auction Closed

Goat's Head in Profile 86/200, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Goat's Head in Profile 86/200, 1950

Sale Date: October 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Tête d'homme de profil II, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme de profil II, 1965

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Le vieux Roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Vallauris 1956 Toros, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Toros, 1956

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Visage et Bacchanale, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage et Bacchanale, 1956

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Tête d`Homme, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Tête d`Homme, 1967

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Le Repos du Minotaure: Champagne et Amante, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Minotaure: Champagne et Amante, 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

La Tasse et la Pomme, 1947

Pablo Picasso

La Tasse et la Pomme, 1947

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

Auction Closed

Nu couché, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché, 1968

Sale Date: October 25, 2022

Auction Closed

English (US)

©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.