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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Maternité

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Maternité

Sale Date: June 21, 2022

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Tête de roi

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Tête de roi

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The dance, 1961

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The dance, 1961

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Carneval, 1958

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Carneval, 1958

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Sculpteurs, Modèles et Sculpture, from La..., 1933

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Sculpteurs, Modèles et Sculpture, from La..., 1933

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Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

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Minotaure, une Coupe à la Main, et Jeune..., 1933

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Minotaure vaincu, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

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Minotaure vaincu, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Jeune..., 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant le Jeune..., 1933

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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952, 1952

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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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Assiette en terre de faïence

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Assiette en terre de faïence

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PROFILE OF A WOMAN

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PROFILE OF A WOMAN

Sale Date: July 9, 2022

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Marie-Thérèse en idole et trois grecs barbus,, 1934

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Marie-Thérèse en idole et trois grecs barbus,, 1934

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A Very Large, Double-Handled Vessel In white , 1952

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A Very Large, Double-Handled Vessel In white , 1952

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

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Marmite Haute, Homme Et Femme Allonge, 1950

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Marmite Haute, Homme Et Femme Allonge, 1950

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Marmite Ronde, Frise De Femmes, 1950

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Marmite Ronde, Frise De Femmes, 1950

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Scène de corrida, 1967

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Scène de corrida, 1967

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Tête d'homme, 1969

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Tête d'homme, 1969

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Nature morte, 1921

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Nature morte, 1921

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Femme nue assise, 1901

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Femme nue assise, 1901

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Femme nue couchée, 1938

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Femme nue couchée, 1938

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Femme drapée debout, 1921

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Femme drapée debout, 1921

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Portrait de femme, 1942

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Portrait de femme, 1942

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Femme s'essuyant les pieds (Françoise), 1953

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Femme s'essuyant les pieds (Françoise), 1953

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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Tê te de Minotaure aveugle, 1934

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Tê te de Minotaure aveugle, 1934

Sale Date: June 28, 2022

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