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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Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
L'Homme à la guitare (Bloch 30), 1915

Pablo Picasso

L'Homme à la guitare (Bloch 30), 1915

Sale Date: March 17, 2022

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Crane de chèvre sur la table, 1950

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Crane de chèvre sur la table, 1950

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Farol, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Farol, 1959

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Tête de bouffon. Carnaval, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Tête de bouffon. Carnaval, 1965

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Carnaval 1967, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Carnaval 1967, 1967

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Toros Vallauris, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Toros Vallauris, 1958

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la terrasse de café, 1920

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Pierrot et Arlequin à la terrasse de café, 1920

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XXII: Michelange..., 1968

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XXII: Michelange..., 1968

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Quatre portefaix apportant a un gentilhomme..., 1968

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Quatre portefaix apportant a un gentilhomme..., 1968

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Clin d'oeil au bain turc. Femmes Faisant la..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Clin d'oeil au bain turc. Femmes Faisant la..., 1968

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Femme blonde à la fleur, from: Séries 347, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Femme blonde à la fleur, from: Séries 347, 1968

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La célestine présentant un gentilhomme à une , 1968

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La célestine présentant un gentilhomme à une , 1968

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Peintre Espagnole faisant le portrait d'une..., 1968

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Peintre Espagnole faisant le portrait d'une..., 1968

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En pensant à Goya: Femmes en prison, from:..., 1968

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En pensant à Goya: Femmes en prison, from:..., 1968

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Femme au divan avec une jeune fille et un..., 1966

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Femme au divan avec une jeune fille et un..., 1966

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Femme à l'oiseau, 1966

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Femme à l'oiseau, 1966

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One plate, from: Le Cocu Magnifique, 1966

Pablo Picasso

One plate, from: Le Cocu Magnifique, 1966

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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La femme au miroir, 1950–1953

Pablo Picasso

La femme au miroir, 1950–1953

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Deux Clowns, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Deux Clowns, 1954

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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La petite corrida, 1957

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La petite corrida, 1957

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Le Homard, 1949

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Le Homard, 1949

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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Colombe volant à l'arc en ciel, 1952

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Colombe volant à l'arc en ciel, 1952

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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La Colombe en vol, 1950

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La Colombe en vol, 1950

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

Pablo Picasso

David et Bethsabée (d'après Cranach), 1948

Sale Date: March 24, 2022

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