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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Vase de Fleurs, 1969

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Vase de Fleurs, 1969

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Etchings from the 347 Series - School of Paris...

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Etchings from the 347 Series - School of Paris...

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Dove, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Dove, 1961

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Femme au chapeau fleuri, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Femme au chapeau fleuri, 1964

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Petits visages no. 57

Pablo Picasso

Petits visages no. 57

Sale Date: April 28, 2022

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Deux modèles vêtus

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Deux modèles vêtus

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Blatt aus

Pablo Picasso

Blatt aus "El entierro del Conde de Orgaz", 1966

Sale Date: April 30, 2022

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Nu assis, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nu assis, 1962

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Au coin du feu (Mr. and Mrs. Winston..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Au coin du feu (Mr. and Mrs. Winston..., 1959

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Plante aux toritos, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Plante aux toritos, 1959

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Les trois amies, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Les trois amies, 1923

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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

Pablo Picasso

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

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Nature Morte a la Palette et la Tete, 1938

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Nature Morte a la Palette et la Tete, 1938

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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Femme au Beret, 1939

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Femme au Beret, 1939

Sale Date: April 14, 2022

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L’Écuyere (Bloch 999, Mourlot 333), 1960

Pablo Picasso

L’Écuyere (Bloch 999, Mourlot 333), 1960

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Célestine, Maja et grotesques (from La Série , 1969

Pablo Picasso

Célestine, Maja et grotesques (from La Série , 1969

Sale Date: April 19, 2022

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Dora Maar 多拉・瑪爾, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Dora Maar 多拉・瑪爾, 1939

Sale Date: April 27, 2022

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Profil de Jacqueline

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline

Sale Date: April 15, 2022

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: April 15, 2022

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: April 15, 2022

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: April 15, 2022

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Le Peintre sur la Plage (Bloch 769; Baer 919), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre sur la Plage (Bloch 769; Baer 919), 1955

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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