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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Picasso, Nature morte, 1927

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Picasso, Nature morte, 1927

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Le Repos du Sculpteur III.

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du Sculpteur III.

Sale Date: April 7, 2022

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Madoura Ceramic Face Plaque

Pablo Picasso

Madoura Ceramic Face Plaque

Sale Date: April 4, 2022

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS

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Minotaure embrassant une femme, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure embrassant une femme, 1934

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Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs. Planche 2 , 1930

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue se couronnant de fleurs. Planche 2 , 1930

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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Femme nue couronnée de fleurs. Planche 1 de..., 1930

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Femme nue couronnée de fleurs. Planche 1 de..., 1930

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Toros en Vallauris, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris, 1960

Sale Date: April 13, 2022

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Exposition des lithographies originales de..., 1960

Pablo Picasso

Exposition des lithographies originales de..., 1960

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"Dans l'Atelier", 1966

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Pablo Picasso

"Raphael et la Fornanina V: avec voyour..., 1968

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"Le Repos du Sculpteur IV", 1933

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"Femme Accoudée en Robe Mauve et au Drapeau", 1938

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Le Gout de Bonheur

Pablo Picasso

Le Gout de Bonheur

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Maquette for the Richard J. Daley Plaza,..., 1964

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Maquette for the Richard J. Daley Plaza,..., 1964

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Joueur..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Joueur..., 1947

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Femme au balcon, 1960 Affiche pour..., 1960

Pablo Picasso

Femme au balcon, 1960 Affiche pour..., 1960

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Paloma 24-12-52, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Paloma 24-12-52, 1952

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La Famille du saltimbanque, 16-2-54, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Famille du saltimbanque, 16-2-54, 1954

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Femme au lorgnon, 1953, 1953

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Femme au lorgnon, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Portrait de Picasso avec remarque, 1957

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Portrait de Picasso avec remarque, 1957

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Soleil, 1957, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Soleil, 1957, 1957

Sale Date: April 1, 2022

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Trois Acteurs from the Suite Vollard' (Bloch...

Pablo Picasso

Trois Acteurs from the Suite Vollard' (Bloch...

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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Scene d’Interieur' (Bloch 74, Geiser 21), 1926

Pablo Picasso

Scene d’Interieur' (Bloch 74, Geiser 21), 1926

Sale Date: April 5, 2022

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