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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Peintre devant son Tableau (Painter in front , 1927

Pablo Picasso

Peintre devant son Tableau (Painter in front , 1927

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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One plate, from Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Nature morte a la charlotte (by Guy SPITZER)

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Nature morte a la charlotte (by Guy SPITZER)

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L'aubade, avec guitariste, 1959

Pablo Picasso

L'aubade, avec guitariste, 1959

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Platte, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Platte, 1947

Sale Date: May 6, 2022

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Krug, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Krug, 1956

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Deux buveurs Catalans, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Deux buveurs Catalans, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

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Maternité, 1963

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Maternité, 1963

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Jacqueline, 1958

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Jacqueline, 1958

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Le Thé: Deux Femmes Nues et une Chat (Two..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le Thé: Deux Femmes Nues et une Chat (Two..., 1965

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Sur les chevaux de bois, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Sur les chevaux de bois, 1961

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Composition, 1943

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Composition, 1943

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Composition, 1943

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Composition, 1943

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Sabre, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Sabre, 1943

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Figure, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Figure, 1943

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Maya in Pinafore

Pablo Picasso

Maya in Pinafore

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Tête d'Histrion (Le Danseur)

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'Histrion (Le Danseur)

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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Dans Van de Jeugd, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Dans Van de Jeugd, 1960

Sale Date: May 8, 2022

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[PICASSO. ILIAZD].- JIMENEZ DE LA..., 1948–1977

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO. ILIAZD].- JIMENEZ DE LA..., 1948–1977

Sale Date: May 4, 2022

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[PICASSO].- SUARÈS (André) Hélène chez..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO].- SUARÈS (André) Hélène chez..., 1955

Sale Date: May 4, 2022

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[PICASSO].- APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume)..., 1918

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO].- APOLLINAIRE (Guillaume)..., 1918

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[PICASSO].- CROMMELYNCK (Fernand) Le Cocu..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO].- CROMMELYNCK (Fernand) Le Cocu..., 1968

Sale Date: May 4, 2022

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