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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Dance of Youth & Carnet de la Californie, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Dance of Youth & Carnet de la Californie, 1961

Sale Date: July 9, 2022

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After Pablo Picasso, Le Peintre, 1963 Signed...

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After Pablo Picasso, Le Peintre, 1963 Signed...

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Visage aux Feuilles

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux Feuilles

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Le dèjeuner sur l'herbe, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Le dèjeuner sur l'herbe, 1962

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Bird on a Branch, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird on a Branch, 1952

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Femme en Buste, 1955

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Femme en Buste, 1955

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Nu au Faubourg St. Honoré, 1970

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Nu au Faubourg St. Honoré, 1970

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Tête de femme au Chapeau, 1956

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Tête de femme au Chapeau, 1956

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Illustration from Amitiés de Montmartre, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Illustration from Amitiés de Montmartre, 1949

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Femme Vert Au Chat, 1955–1958

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Femme Vert Au Chat, 1955–1958

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Venus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

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Venus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

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Colombe au Soleil, 1962

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and Gentleman, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and Gentleman, 1968

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One lithograph, from Verve No 29-30, 1954

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One lithograph, from Verve No 29-30, 1954

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347 Series Untiled, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 Series Untiled, 1968

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Le Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1959

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Le Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1959

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La Colombe en Vol, 1950

Pablo Picasso

La Colombe en Vol, 1950

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Vallauris Exposition, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris Exposition, 1956

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Scène de Théâtre, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Scène de Théâtre, 1967

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Femme nue se couronnant de Fleurs, from La..., 1930

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue se couronnant de Fleurs, from La..., 1930

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Remarque pour le portrait de Picasso par..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Remarque pour le portrait de Picasso par..., 1956

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Le Frère Mendiant Pl.1, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Frère Mendiant Pl.1, 1959

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Homme Devoilant une Femme, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Homme Devoilant une Femme, 1931

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