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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CÔTE D'AZUR, 1962

Pablo Picasso

CÔTE D'AZUR, 1962

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CANNES A.M, 1962

Pablo Picasso

CANNES A.M, 1962

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MUSÉE D'ANTIBES, 1948

Pablo Picasso

MUSÉE D'ANTIBES, 1948

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Famille au Bord de la Mer

Pablo Picasso

Famille au Bord de la Mer

Sale Date: August 3, 2022

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Ne se Tordant les Chevaux, 1916

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Ne se Tordant les Chevaux, 1916

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Le Bouquet, 1958

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Le Bouquet, 1958

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Corrida la Mort du Torero

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Corrida la Mort du Torero

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Buste de Femme, 1902

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Buste de Femme, 1902

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Carmen 卡門, 1957

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Carmen 卡門, 1957

Sale Date: July 29, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine

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La Comedie Humaine

Sale Date: August 2, 2022

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Taureau, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau, 1952

Sale Date: July 28, 2022

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Hibou

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Hibou

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Serie 156 No.76, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Serie 156 No.76, 1971

Sale Date: July 29, 2022

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La Toilette, 1923

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La Toilette, 1923

Sale Date: July 23, 2022

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Femme.

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Femme.

Sale Date: July 26, 2022

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GROSSE COURTISANE ET VIEUX BEAU FROM SERIE..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

GROSSE COURTISANE ET VIEUX BEAU FROM SERIE..., 1968

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR IV - 1933, 1933

Pablo Picasso

LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR IV - 1933, 1933

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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REVERIES D'OPIUM: FUMEUR EN CALOTTE PAPLE..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

REVERIES D'OPIUM: FUMEUR EN CALOTTE PAPLE..., 1968

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO -..., 1961

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JAIME SABARTÉS, 'A LOS TOROS' MIT PICASSO -..., 1961

Sale Date: August 10, 2022

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Dormeur

Pablo Picasso

Dormeur

Sale Date: August 7, 2022

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Dove of Peace, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Dove of Peace, 1961

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Medallion and two tiles, 1954–1971

Pablo Picasso

Medallion and two tiles, 1954–1971

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Scene de tauromachie plate, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Scene de tauromachie plate, 1957

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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Oiseau au ver ashtray, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au ver ashtray, 1952

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

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