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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Grand fotografia de Napoleon ou..., 1902–1903

Pablo Picasso

Grand fotografia de Napoleon ou..., 1902–1903

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Environnement vaginal, 1902–1903

Pablo Picasso

Environnement vaginal, 1902–1903

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Vase deux anses hautes, 1953, 1953

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Vase deux anses hautes, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: May 28, 2022

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Composition with Glass & Flowers

Pablo Picasso

Composition with Glass & Flowers

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Colombe Vollant (à l'arc en ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe Vollant (à l'arc en ciel), 1952

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Le Chevalier et le page, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Le Chevalier et le page, 1951

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Arlequin, 1966

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Arlequin, 1966

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Untitled, 1970, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1970, 1970

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Untitled, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: June 15, 2022

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: June 14, 2022

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Paysage, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Paysage, 1953

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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

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Pour Madame Boccard, 1969

In the manner of Pablo Picasso

Pour Madame Boccard, 1969

Sale Date: June 8, 2022

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Poster print

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Poster print

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Profil de Jacqueline, modèle créé le [22..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, modèle créé le [22..., 1956

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Sauterelle sur une branche, modèle créé en..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

Sauterelle sur une branche, modèle créé en..., 1955

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Oiseau, modèle créé le [31 mars 1955], 1955

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau, modèle créé le [31 mars 1955], 1955

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Picador, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Taureau sous l’arbre, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous l’arbre, modèle créé en [1952], 1952

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Visage, modèle créé en [1955], 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage, modèle créé en [1955], 1955

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Portrait de Gongora, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Gongora, 1947

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Femme Assise et Femme Etendue, 1932

Pablo Picasso

Femme Assise et Femme Etendue, 1932

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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Dans L'Atelier, Modele et deux amateurs, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Dans L'Atelier, Modele et deux amateurs, 1966

Sale Date: May 25, 2022

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