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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Le vieux roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

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One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1955

Pablo Picasso

One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1955

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Accouplement; Demoiselle, from Corps Perdu, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Accouplement; Demoiselle, from Corps Perdu, 1950

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Cheval mourant, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Cheval mourant, 1931

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Sculpteur et Deux Têtes sculptées, from La..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et Deux Têtes sculptées, from La..., 1933

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Peintre et Modèle devant une Toile (Dans..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et Modèle devant une Toile (Dans..., 1965

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A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés, 1961

Pablo Picasso

A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés, 1961

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Visage No. 127, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage No. 127, 1963

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La toilette de la mere from LA SUITE DES..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

La toilette de la mere from LA SUITE DES..., 1905

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from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

Pablo Picasso

from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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Vallauris, Exposition, 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris, Exposition, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: June 11, 2022

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L'Atelier de Cannes

Pablo Picasso

L'Atelier de Cannes

Sale Date: June 20, 2022

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Tete de femme (de profil), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Tete de femme (de profil), 1959

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Portraits imaginaires, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portraits imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: June 17, 2022

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Famille des Saltimbanques, 1950

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Famille des Saltimbanques, 1950

Sale Date: June 9, 2022

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Quatre Visages , 1959

Pablo Picasso

Quatre Visages , 1959

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Wood-Owl, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Wood-Owl, 1968

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Bouquet a la Pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet a la Pomme, 1956

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Chouetton, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Chouetton, 1952

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Face No. 30, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face No. 30, 1963

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Wood-Owl, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Wood-Owl, 1968

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Artist and Model folding screen, 1945

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Artist and Model folding screen, 1945

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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