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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Jaimes Sabartes, 'A Los Toros' Mit Picasso,..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

Jaimes Sabartes, 'A Los Toros' Mit Picasso,..., 1961

Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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Portrait de Vollard II. (Suite Vollard, pl...., 1937

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Vollard II. (Suite Vollard, pl...., 1937

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Peintre et modèle tricotant, 1927–1931

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle tricotant, 1927–1931

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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Les Trois amies, 1923

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L’Homme au chien (rue Schoelcher), 1915–1930

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L’Homme au chien (rue Schoelcher), 1915–1930

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L’Atelier, 1927

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L’Atelier, 1927

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L’Atelier, 1927

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L’Atelier, 1927

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Cheval mourant entouré d’une famille de..., 1931

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Cheval mourant entouré d’une famille de..., 1931

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Cheval mourant entouré d’une famille de..., 1931

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Cheval mourant entouré d’une famille de..., 1931

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Les Trois Femmes, 1924–1925

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Les Trois Femmes, 1924–1925

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Anfora burlesca for Fucina degli Angeli, 1962

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Anfora burlesca for Fucina degli Angeli, 1962

Sale Date: May 3, 2022

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Deux Buveurs Catalans (from La Suite Vollard), 1939

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Deux Buveurs Catalans (from La Suite Vollard), 1939

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Dans l'Atelier, 1963

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Dans l'Atelier, 1963

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Bird on a Branch, 1952

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Bird on a Branch, 1952

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Goat's head in relief, 1959

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Goat's head in relief, 1959

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Photographic Composition with Construction with...

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Photographic Composition with Construction with...

Sale Date: April 24, 2022

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Prosper Merimee - Tete (Plate 37 fromCarmen

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Prosper Merimee - Tete (Plate 37 fromCarmen"...

Sale Date: April 24, 2022

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L'abreuvoir (chevaux au bain), 1905–1913

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L'abreuvoir (chevaux au bain), 1905–1913

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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Portrait de Famille, 1962

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Portrait de Famille, 1962

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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Au cirque, 1905–1913

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Au cirque, 1905–1913

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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Ces peintres nos amis, Tome II, 1960, 1960

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Ces peintres nos amis, Tome II, 1960, 1960

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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Jacqueline de Profil, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline de Profil, 1957

Sale Date: April 29, 2022

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