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.

Pablo Picasso News

Market

Beauty Mogul Sydell Miller's Collection Is Expected to Fetch $200 Million at Sotheby's

by Margaret Carrigan
Beauty Mogul Sydell Miller's Collection Is Expected to Fetch $200 Million at Sotheby's
The Hammer

Simon de Pury Reveals the 14 Factors That Bestow Value on a Work of Art

by Simon de Pury
Simon de Pury Reveals the 14 Factors That Bestow Value on a Work of Art
Art World

The History of the Grand Palais in 7 Groundbreaking Exhibitions

by J. Cabelle Ahn
The History of the Grand Palais in 7 Groundbreaking Exhibitions

Pablo Picasso Artworks

Artworks for Sale &
Auction Results

Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, from: La Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

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

Sale Date: July 19, 2022

Auction Closed

Composition with Glass & Flowers

Pablo Picasso

Composition with Glass & Flowers

Sale Date: July 6, 2022

Auction Closed

Composition with Glass & Flowers

Pablo Picasso

Composition with Glass & Flowers

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

Auction Closed

Grosse tête, profil gauche (Alain Ramié 537), 1965

Pablo Picasso

Grosse tête, profil gauche (Alain Ramié 537), 1965

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Visage de Faune (Pierre Hugo 1409), 1956

After Pablo Picasso

Visage de Faune (Pierre Hugo 1409), 1956

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Poisson, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Poisson, 1959

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Le Peintre Sébastien Junyent, 1900

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre Sébastien Junyent, 1900

Sale Date: July 20, 2022

Auction Closed

Print from the Mourlot Printing Press, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Print from the Mourlot Printing Press, 1964

Sale Date: July 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Lithographe IV Cover, 1956-1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Lithographe IV Cover, 1956-1963, 1963

Sale Date: July 27, 2022

Auction Closed

Le Peintre et son Modele, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modele, 1964

Sale Date: July 27, 2022

Auction Closed

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

Auction Closed

La Chouette et la Colombe. La Guerre et la..., 1960

Pablo Picasso

La Chouette et la Colombe. La Guerre et la..., 1960

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Corrida on black ground (plate), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida on black ground (plate), 1953

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Goat's head in profile (plate), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Goat's head in profile (plate), 1952

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Still life (plate), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Still life (plate), 1953

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Les trois Graces II, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Les trois Graces II, 1923

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Green corrida (plate), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Green corrida (plate), 1949

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Les pauvres from LA SUITE DES SALTIMBANQUES, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Les pauvres from LA SUITE DES SALTIMBANQUES, 1905

Sale Date: July 16, 2022

Auction Closed

Faune et marin, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Faune et marin, 1956

Sale Date: July 13, 2022

Auction Closed

Picador, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1953

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

Auction Closed

Femme dans l'Atelier

Pablo Picasso

Femme dans l'Atelier

Sale Date: July 22, 2022

Auction Closed

TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

After Pablo Picasso

TÊTE DE BOUFFON, 1964

Sale Date: July 14, 2022

Auction Closed

Jacqueline

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline

Sale Date: July 21, 2022

Auction Closed

Volutes Tapestry, 1959

After Pablo Picasso

Volutes Tapestry, 1959

Sale Date: July 21, 2022

Auction Closed

English (US)

©2024 Artnet Worldwide Corporation. All rights reserved.