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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Papiers Collés 1910-1914, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Papiers Collés 1910-1914, 1966

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Profil d'homme, 1924–1961

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Profil d'homme, 1924–1961

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Buste de femme au fichu, 1939

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Buste de femme au fichu, 1939

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Le Cocu magnifique : twelve plates, 1966

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Le Cocu magnifique : twelve plates, 1966

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Jacqueline, en maja Nue, avec la Célestine..., 1968

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Jacqueline, en maja Nue, avec la Célestine..., 1968

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Un Couple d'amateurs, 1966

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Un Couple d'amateurs, 1966

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

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Peintre peignant sur son modèle, from Series , 1968

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Spectacle, l'amour s'aventurant chez les..., 1970

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Spectacle, l'amour s'aventurant chez les..., 1970

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Femme nue à la source, 1962

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Femme nue à la source, 1962

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Danaé, 1962

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Danaé, 1962

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Après la pique, 1959

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Après la pique, 1959

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Grand Nu de femme, 1962

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Grand Nu de femme, 1962

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Les danseurs au hibou, 1959

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Les danseurs au hibou, 1959

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Faune Musicien No. 4, 1948

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Faune Musicien No. 4, 1948

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Jacqueline au mouchoir noir, 1959

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Jacqueline au mouchoir noir, 1959

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Jacqueline lisant, 1957

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Jacqueline lisant, 1957

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Tête de femme de trois-quarts, 1953

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Tête de femme de trois-quarts, 1953

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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La Femme à la Résille (Femme aux Cheveux..., 1949

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La Femme à la Résille (Femme aux Cheveux..., 1949

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Flûtiste et jeune fille au tambourin, from..., 1934

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Flûtiste et jeune fille au tambourin, from..., 1934

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Rembrandt et deux femmes, from La Suite..., 1934

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Rembrandt et deux femmes, from La Suite..., 1934

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Femme assise au chapeau et femme debout..., 1934

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Femme assise au chapeau et femme debout..., 1934

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Rembrandt à la palette, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

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Rembrandt à la palette, from La Suite Vollard, 1934

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Rembrandt et têtes de femme, from La Suite..., 1934

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Rembrandt et têtes de femme, from La Suite..., 1934

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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Minotaure et femme derrière un rideau, from..., 1933

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Minotaure et femme derrière un rideau, from..., 1933

Sale Date: April 22, 2022

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