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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Flutiste et chèvre savante, 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Flutiste et chèvre savante, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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Trois fragments de têtes, 1931, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Trois fragments de têtes, 1931, 1931

Sale Date: February 25, 2022

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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La danse des faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La danse des faunes, 1957

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Dove On Straw

Pablo Picasso

Dove On Straw

Sale Date: March 6, 2022

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Sculpteur et sculpture, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et sculpture, 1965

Sale Date: March 12, 2022

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Dancers, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Dancers, 1956

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Women and Toreador, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Women and Toreador, 1968

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Heads, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Heads, 1956

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, 1952

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Femme nue, 1969

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Femme nue, 1969

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Peintre et modèle a l'ottoman (from the Les..., 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle a l'ottoman (from the Les..., 1963

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Diurnes: Femmes assise en Pyjama de Plage II, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Diurnes: Femmes assise en Pyjama de Plage II, 1961

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Les feux de la rampe: Femmes nues (Naked..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Les feux de la rampe: Femmes nues (Naked..., 1966

Sale Date: February 23, 2022

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Service...

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973), Service...

Sale Date: February 24, 2022

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Corrida fond noir, 1953, 1953

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Corrida fond noir, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Picador, variante carrée d’une assiette..., 1952

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Picador, variante carrée d’une assiette..., 1952

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Étude pour une grappe de raisins, 1914

Pablo Picasso

Étude pour une grappe de raisins, 1914

Sale Date: March 4, 2022

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Buste de femme couchée, 1939

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme couchée, 1939

Sale Date: March 4, 2022

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Tête de faune, 1946

Pablo Picasso

Tête de faune, 1946

Sale Date: March 4, 2022

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Mendiant à la bé quille, 1904

Pablo Picasso

Mendiant à la bé quille, 1904

Sale Date: March 4, 2022

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Buste d'homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Buste d'homme, 1969

Sale Date: March 4, 2022

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The Sculptor, 1931

Pablo Picasso

The Sculptor, 1931

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu, 1931

Sale Date: February 17, 2022

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