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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Plaquette (Buste de faune)

Pablo Picasso

Plaquette (Buste de faune)

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Nu couché, un chapeau sur la figure, 1917

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché, un chapeau sur la figure, 1917

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Petite tête de mort

Pablo Picasso

Petite tête de mort

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Petite assiette ovale (Masque de faune)

Pablo Picasso

Petite assiette ovale (Masque de faune)

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Femme allongée sur un lit (a pair), 1941

Pablo Picasso

Femme allongée sur un lit (a pair), 1941

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Palette

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Palette

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Baigneuses, 1923

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Baigneuses, 1923

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Dance

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Dance

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Femme faisant la sieste, entourèe de..., 1968

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Femme faisant la sieste, entourèe de..., 1968

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Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Aréne, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Taureau et Chevaux dans l'Aréne, 1933

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Minotaure Amourex d'une Femme - Centauro, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure Amourex d'une Femme - Centauro, 1956

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Femme au Voile, Modèle Assis et Tête de..., 1956

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Femme au Voile, Modèle Assis et Tête de..., 1956

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Faune Dévoillant une Dormeuse, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Faune Dévoillant une Dormeuse, 1956

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Deux Sculpteur Devant une Statue, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Deux Sculpteur Devant une Statue, 1956

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VISAGE DE FEMME DE FACE (1982), 1970

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE DE FEMME DE FACE (1982), 1970

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LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX, 1960, 1960

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LA GUERRE ET LA PAIX, 1960, 1960

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LE TRICORNE, 1920, 1920

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LE TRICORNE, 1920, 1920

Sale Date: April 7, 2022

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A LA MEMOIRE DE JULIUS ET ETHEL ROSENBERG,..., 1953

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A LA MEMOIRE DE JULIUS ET ETHEL ROSENBERG,..., 1953

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VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT AUX AMOURS DES VIEUX..., 1969

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VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT AUX AMOURS DES VIEUX..., 1969

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT DES CHEVAUX ET..., 1933

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT DES CHEVAUX ET..., 1933

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GÓNGORA/20 POEMS #13

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GÓNGORA/20 POEMS #13

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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A WOMAN OF MALLORCA, 1954

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A WOMAN OF MALLORCA, 1954

Sale Date: April 23, 2022

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Visage de Femme de Face, 1970

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Visage de Femme de Face, 1970

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Portrait de Face sur Fond Rose et Vert, 1917

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Portrait de Face sur Fond Rose et Vert, 1917

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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