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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Le Peintre et le Modèle (B. 1386; Ba. 1408), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et le Modèle (B. 1386; Ba. 1408), 1966

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Fumeur avec un homme (B., Ba. 1174), 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur avec un homme (B., Ba. 1174), 1964

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Balzac (B. 723; M. 225), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Balzac (B. 723; M. 225), 1952

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Buste de Femme (B. 1392; Ba. 1414), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Buste de Femme (B. 1392; Ba. 1414), 1966

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Le repos du sculpteur devant des chevaux et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur devant des chevaux et..., 1933

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Peintre à Lavallière dessinant son modèle..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Peintre à Lavallière dessinant son modèle..., 1970

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Espectadores (B. 1010; M. 341), 1961

Pablo Picasso

Espectadores (B. 1010; M. 341), 1961

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Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

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Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide (Eight Works) , 1930–1931

Pablo Picasso

Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide (Eight Works) , 1930–1931

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Nature morte au pot de gres (B. 443; M. 86), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte au pot de gres (B. 443; M. 86), 1947

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Sculpteur et son Modèle avec la Tête..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et son Modèle avec la Tête..., 1933

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Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide (Three Works) , 1930–1931

Pablo Picasso

Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide (Three Works) , 1930–1931

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Femme nue devant une Statue (B. 139; Baer 205), 1931

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue devant une Statue (B. 139; Baer 205), 1931

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L’Espagnole (B. 1009; M. 357), 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’Espagnole (B. 1009; M. 357), 1960

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Jeune..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Jeune..., 1933

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Modèle et Peintre (B. 1388; Ba. 1410), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et Peintre (B. 1388; Ba. 1410), 1966

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Figure Composée I (Bloch 596; Mourlot 165), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Figure Composée I (Bloch 596; Mourlot 165), 1949

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Visage, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1954

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (from the , 1972

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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L'Arriveé du Chevalier, 1951

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L'Arriveé du Chevalier, 1951

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Tetes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tetes, 1956

Sale Date: September 21, 2022

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Keramikschale

Pablo Picasso

Keramikschale

Sale Date: September 22, 2022

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PICADOR & THE BULL

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR & THE BULL

Sale Date: September 25, 2022

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