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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L’Écuyère, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’Écuyère, 1960

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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La Danse des faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse des faunes, 1957

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Les Banderilles, 1949

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Les Banderilles, 1949

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Les Saltimbanques, 1958

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Les Saltimbanques, 1958

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Le vieux Roi, 1963

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Le vieux Roi, 1963

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Portrait in mosaic, in the cubist style,..., 1950

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Portrait in mosaic, in the cubist style,..., 1950

Sale Date: July 11, 2022

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Arlésienne, 1958

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Arlésienne, 1958

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Etreinte I, 1963

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Etreinte I, 1963

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Quatre danseurs (Four dancers) (R. 314), 1956

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Quatre danseurs (Four dancers) (R. 314), 1956

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Visage de femme (Woman's face) (R. 220), 1953

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Visage de femme (Woman's face) (R. 220), 1953

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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La Danse (Dancing) (R. 400), 1957

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La Danse (Dancing) (R. 400), 1957

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Femme échevelée (Disheveled woman) (R. 510), 1963

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Femme échevelée (Disheveled woman) (R. 510), 1963

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Tête en forme d'horloge (Clock-shaped head), 1967

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Tête en forme d'horloge (Clock-shaped head), 1967

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Portrait de Jacqueline de face II (Portrait..., 1962

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Portrait de Jacqueline de face II (Portrait..., 1962

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz (The Burial..., 1966

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El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz (The Burial..., 1966

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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La Célestine, sa protégée, et un jeune..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine, sa protégée, et un jeune..., 1968

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Le Viol, V, plate 31 from La Suite Vollard..., 1933

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Le Viol, V, plate 31 from La Suite Vollard..., 1933

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Baigneuses à la piscine (Bathers at the..., 1932

Pablo Picasso

Baigneuses à la piscine (Bathers at the..., 1932

Sale Date: June 25, 2022

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Vingt poème, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Vingt poème, 1948

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Diurnes Découpages et Photographies. 1962...., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Diurnes Découpages et Photographies. 1962...., 1962

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Le Carmen des Carmen, 1964

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Le Carmen des Carmen, 1964

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Festival mondial de la jeunesse et des..., 1951

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Festival mondial de la jeunesse et des..., 1951

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur IV, 1933

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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