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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Corrida aux personnages (Alain Ramié 104), 1950

Pablo Picasso

Corrida aux personnages (Alain Ramié 104), 1950

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La Femme à la Résille (Femme aux Cheveux..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

La Femme à la Résille (Femme aux Cheveux..., 1956

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Corrida (Alain Ramié 182), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida (Alain Ramié 182), 1953

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Femmes fleurs (Alain Ramié 50), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Femmes fleurs (Alain Ramié 50), 1948

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Woman-faced wood-owl (Alain Ramié 144), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Woman-faced wood-owl (Alain Ramié 144), 1952

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Tete de Buffon (Arlequin), 1964

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Tete de Buffon (Arlequin), 1964

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Vallauris 1956 Toros (Bloch 1270 Baer 1043..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Toros (Bloch 1270 Baer 1043..., 1956

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Sueño y mentira de Franco (Bloch 297-298..., 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y mentira de Franco (Bloch 297-298..., 1937

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Femme nue assise, la tête appuyée sur la main, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue assise, la tête appuyée sur la main, 1934

Sale Date: September 25, 2022

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Dessins d'un demi-siècle (recto/verso), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Dessins d'un demi-siècle (recto/verso), 1956

Sale Date: September 13, 2022

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Quatre Profils Enlaces plate, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Quatre Profils Enlaces plate, 1949

Sale Date: September 23, 2022

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Crâne de chèvre sur la table, 1950

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Crâne de chèvre sur la table, 1950

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Taureau et cheval dans l’arene, from: Le..., 1929

Pablo Picasso

Taureau et cheval dans l’arene, from: Le..., 1929

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La Corrida, 1956

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La Corrida, 1956

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la Terrasse de Café,..., 1920

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la Terrasse de Café,..., 1920

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Frontispiece, from: El Entierro del Conde de , 1939

Pablo Picasso

Frontispiece, from: El Entierro del Conde de , 1939

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Nu Assis, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nu Assis, 1962

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Homme et Femme, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Homme et Femme, 1927

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Buste de Femme au Chapeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Buste de Femme au Chapeau, 1962

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Minotaure caressant une femme, from: La..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure caressant une femme, from: La..., 1933

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Jeune homme faisant sa déclaration, en..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune homme faisant sa déclaration, en..., 1968

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

Pablo Picasso

David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

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Le Peintre sur la Plage, 1955

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Le Peintre sur la Plage, 1955

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Jeune fille inspirée par Cranach, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Jeune fille inspirée par Cranach, 1949

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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