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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Diurnes, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Diurnes, 1962

Sale Date: February 22, 2022

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Jacqueline au Chevalet plate, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au Chevalet plate, 1956

Sale Date: February 22, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: November 26, 2021

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Le Peintre et son Modele II

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre et son Modele II

Sale Date: November 25, 2021

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Wood-owl's Head, 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl's Head, 1968–1969

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Face, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face, 1955

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Paloma, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Paloma, 1952

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Le repos du sculpteur devant le jeune..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur devant le jeune..., 1933

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Raphaël et la Fornarina XXI, from 'Séries 347', 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina XXI, from 'Séries 347', 1968

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Degas rêvant. Couple en charrette..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas rêvant. Couple en charrette..., 1971

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Peintre et modèle au bandeau, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle au bandeau, 1966

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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Les deux modéles nus, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Les deux modéles nus, 1954

Sale Date: March 3, 2022

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[PICASSO].- ZERVOS (Christian) Pablo Picasso.

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO].- ZERVOS (Christian) Pablo Picasso.

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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[PICASSO et ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanévitch, dit)]..., 1968

Iliazd and Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO et ILIAZD (Ilia Zdanévitch, dit)]..., 1968

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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[PICASSO]. - CÉSAIRE (Aimée) Corps perdu.

Pablo Picasso

[PICASSO]. - CÉSAIRE (Aimée) Corps perdu.

Sale Date: March 8, 2022

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Loco, 1903–1904

Pablo Picasso

Loco, 1903–1904

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Pablo Picasso

De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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El toro negro, de la serie Toros y Toreros

Pablo Picasso

El toro negro, de la serie Toros y Toreros

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Don Quijote, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Don Quijote, 1955

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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Ohne Titel

Pablo Picasso

Ohne Titel

Sale Date: February 15, 2022

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Le Bouquet, 1958

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Le Bouquet, 1958

Sale Date: February 17, 2022

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Goat's Head in Profile 86/200, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Goat's Head in Profile 86/200, 1950

Sale Date: February 13, 2022

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Senza titolo

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Bowl,

Pablo Picasso

Bowl, "Oiseau au soleil", Madoura

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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