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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Tête de femme (Bloch 375; Mourlot 1), 1945

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme (Bloch 375; Mourlot 1), 1945

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Profil de taureau (Alain Ramie 316), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de taureau (Alain Ramie 316), 1956

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Deux Femmes régardant un modèle nu (Bloch..., 1923

Pablo Picasso

Deux Femmes régardant un modèle nu (Bloch..., 1923

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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La Biche (Bloch 336; Baer 583), 1936

Pablo Picasso

La Biche (Bloch 336; Baer 583), 1936

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Femmes fleurs (Alain Ramie 50), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Femmes fleurs (Alain Ramie 50), 1948

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Le Cirque. Répétition (Bloch 205; Baer 385), 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Cirque. Répétition (Bloch 205; Baer 385), 1933

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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Minotaure, Buveur et Femmes (Bloch 200; Baer , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure, Buveur et Femmes (Bloch 200; Baer , 1933

Sale Date: April 21, 2022

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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After Pablo Picasso 'Colombe Au Soleil' Lithograph

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After Pablo Picasso 'Colombe Au Soleil' Lithograph

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

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PABLO PICASSO MODELE ET BUSTE SCULPTE LA SUITE...

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO MODELE ET BUSTE SCULPTE LA SUITE...

Sale Date: April 12, 2022

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Le Vieux Roi (The Old King) (B. 869, M. 317), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi (The Old King) (B. 869, M. 317), 1959

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Colombe au soleil (Dove in the Sun) (Cz. 174), 1962

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Colombe au soleil (Dove in the Sun) (Cz. 174), 1962

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Têtes (Heads) (R. 368), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes (Heads) (R. 368), 1956

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Visage (Face), 1967

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Visage (Face), 1967

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Homme-chien et femme, avec une petite..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Homme-chien et femme, avec une petite..., 1970

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Homme arrêtant un cheval devant une femme..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme arrêtant un cheval devant une femme..., 1968

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Au théâtre: L'Astrologue (At the Theater:..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au théâtre: L'Astrologue (At the Theater:..., 1966

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Femme à la fleur sur un transat (Woman with..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Femme à la fleur sur un transat (Woman with..., 1968

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Peintre au travail (Peintre barbu avec..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au travail (Peintre barbu avec..., 1963

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Homme nu avec femme ivre et jeune flûtiste..., 1955

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Homme nu avec femme ivre et jeune flûtiste..., 1955

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Le Repos du sculpteur II (The Sculptor's..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du sculpteur II (The Sculptor's..., 1933

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Mère et enfant au fichu, from Barcelona..., 1966

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Mère et enfant au fichu, from Barcelona..., 1966

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Harlequin, from Barcelona Suite (Cz. 230), 1966

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Harlequin, from Barcelona Suite (Cz. 230), 1966

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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Au cirque (At the Circus), plate 9, from The , 1905

Pablo Picasso

Au cirque (At the Circus), plate 9, from The , 1905

Sale Date: April 20, 2022

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