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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Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
Picador (A.R.160)., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R.160)., 1952

Sale Date: July 13, 2022

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Chouetton (A.R.135)

Pablo Picasso

Chouetton (A.R.135)

Sale Date: July 13, 2022

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Picador (A.R.162)

Pablo Picasso

Picador (A.R.162)

Sale Date: July 13, 2022

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LA FEMME AU COLLIER, 1947

Pablo Picasso

LA FEMME AU COLLIER, 1947

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT AUX AMOURS DES VIEUX..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT AUX AMOURS DES VIEUX..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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VENUS ET L'AMOUR DANS LE STYLE DU XVIIEME..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

VENUS ET L'AMOUR DANS LE STYLE DU XVIIEME..., 1968

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Picador Ceramic Bowl

Pablo Picasso

Picador Ceramic Bowl

Sale Date: July 10, 2022

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4 original lithographs in volume I and..., 1949–1950

Pablo Picasso

4 original lithographs in volume I and..., 1949–1950

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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« Dormeur »,, 1956

Pablo Picasso

« Dormeur »,, 1956

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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« Yan petites têtes », Pichet tourné,..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

« Yan petites têtes », Pichet tourné,..., 1963

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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« Visage d'homme », Plaque rectangulaire,..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

« Visage d'homme », Plaque rectangulaire,..., 1966

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Le Loup, 1942

Pablo Picasso

Le Loup, 1942

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

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Petit carré au soleil [A.R. 631], 1971

Pablo Picasso

Petit carré au soleil [A.R. 631], 1971

Sale Date: July 5, 2022

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Chevalier en Armure, 1951

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Chevalier en Armure, 1951

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Nature Morte au Verre, 1924

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Nature Morte au Verre, 1924

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Maison au toit rouge, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Maison au toit rouge, 1933

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Portrait de jeune fille, 1903

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de jeune fille, 1903

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Deux femmes nues, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes nues, 1956

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Nu couché, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché, 1969

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Nu assis et amour, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Nu assis et amour, 1968

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Homme accroupi et femme nue, 1940

Pablo Picasso

Homme accroupi et femme nue, 1940

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Arlequin, 1917

Pablo Picasso

Arlequin, 1917

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Le verre sous la lampe, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Le verre sous la lampe, 1962

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Jacqueline au bandeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au bandeau, 1962

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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