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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Femme nue couchee from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue couchee from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1934

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Bearded man's wife (pitcher), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Bearded man's wife (pitcher), 1953

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Head with mask (plate), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Head with mask (plate), 1956

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Face (pitcher), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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La baignade from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1932

Pablo Picasso

La baignade from LA CAISSE A REMORDS, 1932

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Faun's head (plate), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Faun's head (plate), 1955

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Faun's head (plate), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Faun's head (plate), 1955

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Wood-owl (plate), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl (plate), 1948

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Hen subject, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hen subject, 1954

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Vase with pastel decoration (vase), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase with pastel decoration (vase), 1953

Sale Date: March 18, 2022

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Pablo Picasso

"Hommage a Rene Char, 1969

Sale Date: March 5, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition 1953, 1953

Sale Date: October 10, 2021

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La pose habillée, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La pose habillée, 1954

Sale Date: March 29, 2022

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Tête d'Homme (Hommage à René Char)..., 1969

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Tête d'Homme (Hommage à René Char)..., 1969

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Le Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1959

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Le Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1959

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Poster for the Guggenheim New York (see..., 1958

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Poster for the Guggenheim New York (see..., 1958

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Untitled From Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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Untitled From Les Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Portrait d'une Fille (Maya), 1958

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Portrait d'une Fille (Maya), 1958

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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A Los Toros avec Picasso, by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

A Los Toros avec Picasso, by Jaime Sabartés..., 1961

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Troupe d'Acteurs (Bloch 754), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Troupe d'Acteurs (Bloch 754), 1954

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel) (Bloch 712,..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe (à L'Arc de Ciel) (Bloch 712,..., 1952

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and..., 1968

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Le Peintre et son Modèle (Bloch 765), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modèle (Bloch 765), 1954

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Le Couvent, from Saint Matorel (Bloch 22,..., 1910

Pablo Picasso

Le Couvent, from Saint Matorel (Bloch 22,..., 1910

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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