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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Sujet Poule, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Poule, 1954

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La sérénade rustique, 1966

Pablo Picasso

La sérénade rustique, 1966

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Nature morte au citron et un pichet rouge, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte au citron et un pichet rouge, 1955

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Deux femmes, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes, 1965

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Modèle au repos, avec statue équestre à..., 1965

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Modèle au repos, avec statue équestre à..., 1965

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

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Petite chouette, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Petite chouette, 1949

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Composition au crâne, 1946

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Composition au crâne, 1946

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Femme au fauteuil II : Dora Maar, 1939

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Femme au fauteuil II : Dora Maar, 1939

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L'INSPIRATION TRAVAILLE ET LE PEINTRE SE TOURNE...

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L'INSPIRATION TRAVAILLE ET LE PEINTRE SE TOURNE...

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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PROFIL ET FEMME NUE (BLOCH 363; CRAMER 66)

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PROFIL ET FEMME NUE (BLOCH 363; CRAMER 66)

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L'AGE DE SOLEIL POUR ROBY (BLOCH 680)

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L'AGE DE SOLEIL POUR ROBY (BLOCH 680)

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: June 16, 2022

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La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1963

Sale Date: June 29, 2022

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Portrait de Jeune Fille, 1964

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Portrait de Jeune Fille, 1964

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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Portrait de femme II, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de femme II, 1955

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la Terrasse d’un Café, 1920

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la Terrasse d’un Café, 1920

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Jacqueline de profil à droite, 1958

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Jacqueline de profil à droite, 1958

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Faunes et tête de femme, 1946

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Faunes et tête de femme, 1946

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Faune à la lance, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Faune à la lance, 1947

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Yan visage, modèle créé en août 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Yan visage, modèle créé en août 1963, 1963

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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Cavalier et cheval, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et cheval, 1968–1969

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Picador et taureau, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Picador et taureau, 1953

Sale Date: June 23, 2022

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