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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Vieil homme songeant à la peinture ancienne: , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Vieil homme songeant à la peinture ancienne: , 1968

Sale Date: February 17, 2022

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Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Sale Date: February 8, 2022

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La fenê tre ouverte, 1929

Pablo Picasso

La fenê tre ouverte, 1929

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Sylvette, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sylvette, 1954

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Jeune homme de profil, 1944

Pablo Picasso

Jeune homme de profil, 1944

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Le repas frugal, 1904

Pablo Picasso

Le repas frugal, 1904

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Inès assise, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Inès assise, 1954

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Tête d'homme, 1943

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'homme, 1943

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Nu assis sur un tapis rayé, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Nu assis sur un tapis rayé, 1964

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Le modè le dans l'atelier, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Le modè le dans l'atelier, 1965

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Buste d'homme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Buste d'homme, 1969

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Dormeuse (Marie-Thérèse Walter), 1937

Pablo Picasso

Dormeuse (Marie-Thérèse Walter), 1937

Sale Date: March 1, 2022

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Dwarf Dancer (La danseuse naine), 1966, 1966

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Dwarf Dancer (La danseuse naine), 1966, 1966

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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L'Attente, 1966, 1966

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L'Attente, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Maya en Tablier (Maya with apron), 1965, 1965

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Maya en Tablier (Maya with apron), 1965, 1965

Sale Date: March 9, 2022

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre, 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flûte et chèvre, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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Minotaure vaincu, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure vaincu, 1933

Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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PICASSO AND THE HUMAN COMEDY, 1954

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO AND THE HUMAN COMEDY, 1954

Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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Au theatre: femme nue entre un jeune homme..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au theatre: femme nue entre un jeune homme..., 1966

Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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156 Series No.96, 1951

Pablo Picasso

156 Series No.96, 1951

Sale Date: February 26, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Paysage plate, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Paysage plate, 1953

Sale Date: February 22, 2022

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