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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Nature Morte à la Cuiller, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Nature Morte à la Cuiller, 1952

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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EULENKANNE

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EULENKANNE

Sale Date: March 31, 2022

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L’Atelier de Cannes, over for Ces peintres..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

L’Atelier de Cannes, over for Ces peintres..., 1957

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Faunes et Flore, 1960

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Trampoline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trampoline, 1956

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Bearded Yan

Pablo Picasso

Bearded Yan", 1963

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Owl, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Owl, 1954

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Wood Owl In Lines, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Wood Owl In Lines, 1951

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Toros, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros, 1952

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Bird With Tuft, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird With Tuft, 1952

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Bird With Worm, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bird With Worm, 1952

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Toros

Pablo Picasso

Toros", 1952

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Trampoline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trampoline, 1956

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Face, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face, 1955

Sale Date: April 3, 2022

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Le gout du bonheur. Trois carnets d´atelier.

Pablo Picasso

Le gout du bonheur. Trois carnets d´atelier.

Sale Date: March 22, 2022

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Blue Fish, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Blue Fish, 1953

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Antonio Machado, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Antonio Machado, 1955

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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MINOTAURE, UNE COUPE À LA MAIN, ET JEUNE..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

MINOTAURE, UNE COUPE À LA MAIN, ET JEUNE..., 1933

Sale Date: April 6, 2022

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Affiche d’exposition à la galerie Louise Leiris

Pablo Picasso

Affiche d’exposition à la galerie Louise Leiris

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Vallauris Toros, 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris Toros, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Trois femmes passant le temps, avec spectateur...

Pablo Picasso

Trois femmes passant le temps, avec spectateur...

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Portrait de femme

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de femme

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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Visage no. 202, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 202, 1963

Sale Date: March 25, 2022

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