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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Football, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Football, 1961

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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after. Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

after. Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel..., 1957

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Bacchanale avec enfant aux cymbales, 1955

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Bacchanale avec enfant aux cymbales, 1955

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Peintre devant une des trois grâces de..., 1968

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Peintre devant une des trois grâces de..., 1968

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Télévision: Combat de Chars à l'Antique, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Télévision: Combat de Chars à l'Antique, 1968

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Les Lutteurs, 1921

Pablo Picasso

Les Lutteurs, 1921

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Le Saltimbanque au repos, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Le Saltimbanque au repos, 1905

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Visage gris, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Visage gris, 1953

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Taureau sous l'arbre, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous l'arbre, 1952

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Visage no. 0, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 0, 1963

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Petit Visage no. 65, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Petit Visage no. 65, 1963

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Femme nue pêchant des truites à la main, 1962

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Femme nue pêchant des truites à la main, 1962

Sale Date: June 30, 2022

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Buste d'homme, 1965

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Buste d'homme, 1965

Sale Date: July 1, 2022

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Portfolio. Iliazd/Afat, 1938–1939

Pablo Picasso

Portfolio. Iliazd/Afat, 1938–1939

Sale Date: June 22, 2022

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Pichet anse prise, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet anse prise, 1953

Sale Date: June 20, 2022

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Portrait de Georges Auric

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Portrait de Georges Auric

Sale Date: May 28, 2022

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1952

Sale Date: June 13, 2022

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Petite chouette, 1949

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Petite chouette, 1949

Sale Date: June 13, 2022

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Salomé dansant pour Hérode, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Salomé dansant pour Hérode, 1971

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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Jeune Femme et Mousquetaire, 1968

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Jeune Femme et Mousquetaire, 1968

Sale Date: June 4, 2022

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Femme nue couronnée des fleurs, aux jambes..., 1930

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Femme nue couronnée des fleurs, aux jambes..., 1930

Sale Date: June 4, 2022

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Les Saltimbanques, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Les Saltimbanques, 1958

Sale Date: June 4, 2022

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Mousquetaire envoyant une Bouffée de Fumée..., 1968

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Mousquetaire envoyant une Bouffée de Fumée..., 1968

Sale Date: June 4, 2022

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La suite Vollard - Le repos du sculpteur et..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

La suite Vollard - Le repos du sculpteur et..., 1933

Sale Date: May 26, 2022

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