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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JEUNE COUPLE ACCROUPI, L'HOMME AVEC UN..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

JEUNE COUPLE ACCROUPI, L'HOMME AVEC UN..., 1934

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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L'homme aux mouton

Pablo Picasso

L'homme aux mouton

Sale Date: July 10, 2022

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Pour Roby, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Pour Roby, 1950

Sale Date: August 22, 2022

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The Three Kings II (from Stories Without Love)

Pablo Picasso

The Three Kings II (from Stories Without Love)

Sale Date: August 17, 2022

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TANCERKA, 1954

Pablo Picasso

TANCERKA, 1954

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Art et Solidarité, 1960–1961

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Art et Solidarité, 1960–1961

Sale Date: August 30, 2022

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Untitled from

Pablo Picasso

Untitled from "Mes Dessins d'Antibes

Sale Date: August 27, 2022

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La Célestine, 1971

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine, 1971

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Le Peintre et son Modele II, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modele II, 1964

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Lithographe IV (back), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Lithographe IV (back), 1963

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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La Biche, 1936

Pablo Picasso

La Biche, 1936

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Coverture du Tome I (front), from Picasso..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Coverture du Tome I (front), from Picasso..., 1949

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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La Petite Colombe (frontispice) from Picasso , 1949

Pablo Picasso

La Petite Colombe (frontispice) from Picasso , 1949

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Couverture dy Tome I (back), from Picasso..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

Couverture dy Tome I (back), from Picasso..., 1949

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Femme Nue de Dos, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Femme Nue de Dos, 1950

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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L'Amant, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Amant, 1960

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

After Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from Imaginary Portraits (American , 1972

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Après la Pique, 1962

After Pablo Picasso

Après la Pique, 1962

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Tête de Bouffon, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Bouffon, 1964

Sale Date: August 24, 2022

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Lozenge with Face, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Lozenge with Face, 1971

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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Scène de Cirque, avec Cheval ailé (Circus..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Scène de Cirque, avec Cheval ailé (Circus..., 1970

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

After Pablo Picasso

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

After Pablo Picasso

One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: August 16, 2022

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