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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Degas chez les filles. Première apparition..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas chez les filles. Première apparition..., 1971

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La Toilette, 1923

Pablo Picasso

La Toilette, 1923

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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Les modes changent: deux couples, from..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Les modes changent: deux couples, from..., 1968

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Buste au fond étoile, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Buste au fond étoile, 1949

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Caballero à la pipe avec deux femmes, dont..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Caballero à la pipe avec deux femmes, dont..., 1970

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Maison close. Bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Maison close. Bavardages, avec perroquet,..., 1971

Sale Date: May 19, 2022

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L'ÉCUYÈRE, 1960

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L'ÉCUYÈRE, 1960

Sale Date: May 3, 2022

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Fumeur à la cigarette blanche

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Fumeur à la cigarette blanche

Sale Date: May 12, 2022

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Le Peintre et son Modele, 1965

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Le Peintre et son Modele, 1965

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A pair of ceramics (Taureau sous l’Arbre;...

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A pair of ceramics (Taureau sous l’Arbre;...

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Fumeur à la cigarette rouge

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Fumeur à la cigarette rouge

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Colombe brillante (A.R. 218)

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Colombe brillante (A.R. 218)

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Sculpteurs

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Sculpteurs

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Nature Morte au Crâne

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Nature Morte au Crâne

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 45), 1948

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 45), 1948

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON (CARNAVAL) (BLOCH 1193; BAER , 1965

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON (CARNAVAL) (BLOCH 1193; BAER , 1965

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE (BLOCH 1024; MOURLOT , 1962

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LE DEJEUNER SUR L'HERBE (BLOCH 1024; MOURLOT , 1962

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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LA DANSE DES FAUNES (BLOCH 830; MOURLOT 291), 1957

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LA DANSE DES FAUNES (BLOCH 830; MOURLOT 291), 1957

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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VALLAURIS 1960 EXPOSITION (BLOCH 1290), 1960

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VALLAURIS 1960 EXPOSITION (BLOCH 1290), 1960

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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TOROS Y TOREROS (BLOCH 1012; MOURLOT 345;..., 1961

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TOROS Y TOREROS (BLOCH 1012; MOURLOT 345;..., 1961

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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VISAGE NO. 111 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 476), 1963

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VISAGE NO. 111 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 476), 1963

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 513), 1968

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CHOUETTE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 513), 1968

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 392), 1957

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TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 392), 1957

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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