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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Homme à la Flûte et Enfant, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Homme à la Flûte et Enfant, 1971

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Exposition 1952 Vallauris (La chèvre) (B...., 1952

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Exposition 1952 Vallauris (La chèvre) (B...., 1952

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Côte D'Azur (Czwiklitzer 177), 1962

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Côte D'Azur (Czwiklitzer 177), 1962

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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POEMES ET LITHOGRAPHIES (portfolio of 14), 1949–1954

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POEMES ET LITHOGRAPHIES (portfolio of 14), 1949–1954

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Face On Corrugated

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Face On Corrugated

Sale Date: May 1, 2022

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VALLAURIS (A.R. 179), 1953

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VALLAURIS (A.R. 179), 1953

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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SCULPTURE from SIX CONTES FANTASTIQUES

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SCULPTURE from SIX CONTES FANTASTIQUES

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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JACQUELINE AU CHEVALET, 1956

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JACQUELINE AU CHEVALET, 1956

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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CENTAURE ET VISAGE (A.R. 188), 1953

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CENTAURE ET VISAGE (A.R. 188), 1953

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Platte

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Platte "Visage dans étoile", 1947 (Madoura), 1947

Sale Date: May 6, 2022

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Nature Morte, Fruits et Pot, 1938

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Nature Morte, Fruits et Pot, 1938

Sale Date: April 26, 2022

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Le Sieste, 1969

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Le Sieste, 1969

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Femme Au Chapeau Et A L'Oeillet, Avec Homme..., 1968

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Femme Au Chapeau Et A L'Oeillet, Avec Homme..., 1968

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Grande Maternite, 1963

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Grande Maternite, 1963

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Le Gout Du Bonheur, 1964

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Le Gout Du Bonheur, 1964

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Sagesse, 1943

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Sagesse, 1943

Sale Date: April 24, 2022

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Picador (A.R.160)

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Picador (A.R.160)

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Colombe à la lucarne (A.R. 78)

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Colombe à la lucarne (A.R. 78)

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Vase aux chèvres (A.R.156), 1952

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Vase aux chèvres (A.R.156), 1952

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

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Corrida, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: April 25, 2022

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Suerte Llamada de Don Tancredo, from La...

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Suerte Llamada de Don Tancredo, from La...

Sale Date: April 25, 2022

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Toros Y Toreros, 1959

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Toros Y Toreros, 1959

Sale Date: April 25, 2022

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