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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Taureau sous l'Arbre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous l'Arbre, 1952

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV (from La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur IV (from La Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: September 8, 2022

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Etreinte VI, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Etreinte VI, 1963

Sale Date: September 8, 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: September 15, 2022

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Visiteur Rembranesque chez un courtisane..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Visiteur Rembranesque chez un courtisane..., 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck II (Portrait..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Pierre Crommelynck II (Portrait..., 1966

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Cirque: écuyère, femmes et spectateurs, dont , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Cirque: écuyère, femmes et spectateurs, dont , 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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L'ecuyère et les clowns (The Horsewoman and..., 1957

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L'ecuyère et les clowns (The Horsewoman and..., 1957

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Chope visage (Pitcher Face) (R. 432), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Chope visage (Pitcher Face) (R. 432), 1959

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Visage no. 0 (Face no. 0) (R. 458), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 0 (Face no. 0) (R. 458), 1963

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Visage no. 197 (Face no. 197) (R. 494), 1973

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 197 (Face no. 197) (R. 494), 1973

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Filles entre elles, la sous-maîtresse (The..., 1971

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Filles entre elles, la sous-maîtresse (The..., 1971

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Cavalier en visite chez une fille, avec la..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier en visite chez une fille, avec la..., 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Peintres aux champs: autour du XIXe Siècle..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintres aux champs: autour du XIXe Siècle..., 1968

Sale Date: September 15, 2022

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Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Le vieux roi (The Old King) (Bl. 1152, Ba...., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi (The Old King) (Bl. 1152, Ba...., 1963

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Danses (Dances) (B. 750, M. 246), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Danses (Dances) (B. 750, M. 246), 1954

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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La poule (The Hen) (Bl. 694, Ba. 896), 1952

Pablo Picasso

La poule (The Hen) (Bl. 694, Ba. 896), 1952

Sale Date: September 14, 2022

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Torero y Senorita

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Torero y Senorita

Sale Date: September 5, 2022

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La colombe bleue, 1961

Pablo Picasso

La colombe bleue, 1961

Sale Date: September 5, 2022

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Modele Et Buste Sculpte From La Suite Vollard...

Pablo Picasso

Modele Et Buste Sculpte From La Suite Vollard...

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: August 30, 2022

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Paloma 24-12-52, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Paloma 24-12-52, 1957

Sale Date: August 30, 2022

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Masque

Pablo Picasso

Masque

Sale Date: August 30, 2022

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