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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L'Alesienne, 1937

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L'Alesienne, 1937

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Femme dans un Fauteuil, 1917

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Femme dans un Fauteuil, 1917

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Corrida, 1900

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Corrida, 1900

Sale Date: October 20, 2022

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Mask,(Ramie 311), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Mask,(Ramie 311), 1956

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Face (A.R. 288), 1955

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Face (A.R. 288), 1955

Sale Date: October 13, 2022

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Sujet poule, 1954

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Sujet poule, 1954

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Toros, 1952

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Toros, 1952

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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WILDLIFE REVEALING A WOMAN, 1936

Pablo Picasso

WILDLIFE REVEALING A WOMAN, 1936

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Salomé, 1905

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Salomé, 1905

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Figure composée I, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure composée I, 1949

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Aquatinte 17 juillet 1968 Ⅱ, from 347 series, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Aquatinte 17 juillet 1968 Ⅱ, from 347 series, 1968

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Homme barbu couronné, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Homme barbu couronné, 1962

Sale Date: October 29, 2022

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Le Départ, 1951

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Le Départ, 1951

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Sala Gaspar. Pintura-Dibujo-Grabado, 1968

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Sala Gaspar. Pintura-Dibujo-Grabado, 1968

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Vallauris

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Vallauris

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Picador

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Picador

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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Visage (A.R. 288), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A.R. 288), 1955

Sale Date: October 15, 2022

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ACCORD ENTRE LES GUERRIERS DE SPARTE ET..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

ACCORD ENTRE LES GUERRIERS DE SPARTE ET..., 1934

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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DEUX VIEILLARDS ET VOILIER FROM LYSISTRATA..., 1934

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DEUX VIEILLARDS ET VOILIER FROM LYSISTRATA..., 1934

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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La fête de la patronne, petit chien, fleurs..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

La fête de la patronne, petit chien, fleurs..., 1971

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Pichet Yan, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Yan, 1952

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Taureau sous l'abre, 1952

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Taureau sous l'abre, 1952

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Composition

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Composition

Sale Date: October 11, 2022

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Femme assise et gentilhomme, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise et gentilhomme, 1970

Sale Date: October 12, 2022

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