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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Maternité, 1963

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Maternité, 1963

Sale Date: March 29, 2022

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La Corrida, 1956

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La Corrida, 1956

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El Arrastre, avec Écuyère et Putto, pl. 29,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

El Arrastre, avec Écuyère et Putto, pl. 29,..., 1968

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Jeune Homme couronné, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jeune Homme couronné, 1962

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Jacqueline au Bandeau de Face (Grand Tête de , 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au Bandeau de Face (Grand Tête de , 1962

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Picador et Taureau, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador et Taureau, 1959

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Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales..., 1942

Pablo Picasso

Histoire Naturelle (Eaux-fortes originales..., 1942

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Corrida, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1934

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Femme Torero. Dernier Baiser, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme Torero. Dernier Baiser, 1934

Sale Date: March 29, 2022

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Femme assise et Femme de Dos, pl. 78, from..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise et Femme de Dos, pl. 78, from..., 1934

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Woman's Face 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Woman's Face 1953, 1953

Sale Date: March 19, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Sale Date: March 14, 2022

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Vase au bouquet, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase au bouquet, 1956

Sale Date: April 2, 2022

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Hibou, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hibou, 1954

Sale Date: April 2, 2022

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950

Sale Date: April 2, 2022

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Maison de la pensée française., 1958

Pablo Picasso

Maison de la pensée française., 1958

Sale Date: March 22, 2022

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Les trois amis.

Pablo Picasso

Les trois amis.

Sale Date: March 22, 2022

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Nature morte

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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La corrida, 1956

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La corrida, 1956

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Sale Date: March 30, 2022

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La Comédie humaine de Mourlot (daté 1954.), 1954

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La Comédie humaine de Mourlot (daté 1954.), 1954

Sale Date: March 21, 2022

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Nature morte au crâne, 1960

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Nature morte au crâne, 1960

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Avant la Pique I (B. 946; Ba. 1220; PP. L-041), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Avant la Pique I (B. 946; Ba. 1220; PP. L-041), 1959

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Scene Familiale (B. 1146; Ba. 1337), 1963

Pablo Picasso

Scene Familiale (B. 1146; Ba. 1337), 1963

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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