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 Colombe, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Colombe, 1959

Sale Date: May 24, 2022

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Vase with two high handles, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase with two high handles, 1953

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Heads, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Heads, 1956

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Tauromachy scene, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Tauromachy scene, 1954

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Young wood-owl, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Young wood-owl, 1952

Sale Date: May 31, 2022

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Cavalier and horse, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier and horse, 1952

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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Picador et torero attendant le paseo de..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador et torero attendant le paseo de..., 1959

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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Visage de femme

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme

Sale Date: June 1, 2022

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La Célestine présente sa pupille; avec un..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine présente sa pupille; avec un..., 1968

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Tête d'homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, 1969

Sale Date: June 3, 2022

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Visage aux Feuilles, 1967

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Visage aux Feuilles, 1967

Sale Date: May 28, 2022

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Tete de Clown, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Tete de Clown, 1958

Sale Date: May 22, 2022

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Female bust (Nude), 1954, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Female bust (Nude), 1954, 1954

Sale Date: May 13, 2022

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Gongora

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Gongora

Sale Date: May 23, 2022

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Nature morte à la langouste, 1945

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Nature morte à la langouste, 1945

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Homme Rembranesque assis chez les Filles, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme Rembranesque assis chez les Filles, 1968

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Visage aux cercles, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux cercles, 1969

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Chope visage, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Chope visage, 1959

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Sujet colombe, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Sujet colombe, 1959

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Visage de femme, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage de femme, 1955

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Cruchon hibou, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon hibou, 1955

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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Pichet Espagnol, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Espagnol, 1954

Sale Date: June 2, 2022

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