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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Deux femmes se reposant, from: La Suite..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes se reposant, from: La Suite..., 1931

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Limitierter Teppich mit Motiv nach dem Werk...

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Limitierter Teppich mit Motiv nach dem Werk...

Sale Date: September 24, 2022

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Clown, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Clown, 1958

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Nature morte, 1927

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Nature morte, 1927

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Composition au canon

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Composition au canon

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Pique Noir et Beige

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Pique Noir et Beige

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Bacchanale, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale, 1929

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Picador et taureau

Pablo Picasso

Picador et taureau

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Femme accoudée

Pablo Picasso

Femme accoudée

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Mère danseur et musicien

Pablo Picasso

Mère danseur et musicien

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Pique Rouge et Jaune

Pablo Picasso

Pique Rouge et Jaune

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Danse du ventre devant homme impassible..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Danse du ventre devant homme impassible..., 1970

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two Nudes (Bloch..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two Nudes (Bloch..., 1971

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Sculpteurs, Modèles et Sculpture', from..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteurs, Modèles et Sculpture', from..., 1933

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant un Centaure et..., 1933

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur, III, from the Vollard , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur, III, from the Vollard , 1933

Sale Date: October 4, 2022

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L’Écuyere (Bloch 999, Mourlot 333), 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’Écuyere (Bloch 999, Mourlot 333), 1960

Sale Date: September 27, 2022

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Picador (A.R. 211), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R. 211), 1953

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Losange à la danse (A.R. 619), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Losange à la danse (A.R. 619), 1971

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Deux danseurs (A.R. 380), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Deux danseurs (A.R. 380), 1956

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline (A.R. 385), 1956

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Colombe mate (A.R. 77), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Colombe mate (A.R. 77), 1948

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Quatre danseurs (A.R. 314), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Quatre danseurs (A.R. 314), 1956

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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Petit soleil (A.R. 547), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Petit soleil (A.R. 547), 1968–1969

Sale Date: September 20, 2022

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