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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El toro negro, de la serie Toros y Toreros

Pablo Picasso

El toro negro, de la serie Toros y Toreros

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Dora Maar in a Wicker Chair (Dora Maar en..., 1938

Pablo Picasso

Dora Maar in a Wicker Chair (Dora Maar en..., 1938

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De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Pablo Picasso

De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

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La Comedia Humana a) Reverencias al rey b) , 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Comedia Humana a) Reverencias al rey b) , 1954

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Tete de Femme, 1958

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Tete de Femme, 1958

Sale Date: March 16, 2022

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Pigeons, 1943

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Pigeons, 1943

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Femme Assise, 1960

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Femme Assise, 1960

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Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Une Poupee Decoupee

Pablo Picasso

Une Poupee Decoupee

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Le Peintre et son Modèle

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modèle

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Guitare Verre et Bouteille

Pablo Picasso

Guitare Verre et Bouteille

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Le rapt from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Le rapt from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1955

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Femme nue debout, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue debout, 1963

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Les Banderilles, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Les Banderilles, 1949

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Picador debout avec son cheval, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador debout avec son cheval, 1959

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Bacchanale au flutiste from LA CAISSE A..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale au flutiste from LA CAISSE A..., 1955

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Femme torero, V from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme torero, V from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1934

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Face (plate), 1960

Pablo Picasso

Face (plate), 1960

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Tormented Faun's face (plate), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tormented Faun's face (plate), 1956

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Figures surrealistes au bord de la mer from..., 1932

Pablo Picasso

Figures surrealistes au bord de la mer from..., 1932

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Four enlaced profiles (plate), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Four enlaced profiles (plate), 1949

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Woman's face (plate), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Woman's face (plate), 1953

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Joueuses a la balle from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1932

Pablo Picasso

Joueuses a la balle from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1932

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Bacchanale avec enfant aux cymbales from LA..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale avec enfant aux cymbales from LA..., 1955

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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