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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Pitcher,

Pablo Picasso

Pitcher, "Chope Visage", Madoura

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Masque

Pablo Picasso

Masque

Sale Date: February 14, 2022

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Visage no. 203 Terre de faןence plate, 1963, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage no. 203 Terre de faןence plate, 1963, 1963

Sale Date: February 14, 2022

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vallavris Exposition, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Two ceramic pendants

In the manner of Pablo Picasso

Two ceramic pendants

Sale Date: February 9, 2022

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Homme Avec Deux Femmes Nues (347 series No...., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme Avec Deux Femmes Nues (347 series No...., 1968

Sale Date: February 11, 2022

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TÊTES ET PIERRE (B. 682; M. 194), 1950

Pablo Picasso

TÊTES ET PIERRE (B. 682; M. 194), 1950

Sale Date: February 11, 2022

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CERET, 1958, 1958

Pablo Picasso

CERET, 1958, 1958

Sale Date: February 3, 2022

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Peace dove, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Peace dove, 1961

Sale Date: February 8, 2022

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Sujet Poule, 1954, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Poule, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: February 8, 2022

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Ohne Titel (15 mars 1970 III)

Pablo Picasso

Ohne Titel (15 mars 1970 III)

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Tetes pitcher, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tetes pitcher, 1956

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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La Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

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La Bouteille de Rhum, 1965

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Wood-owl, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl, 1968

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Hen Subject, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hen Subject, 1954

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Paloma and Claude, the cover (cut into two..., 1950

Pablo Picasso

Paloma and Claude, the cover (cut into two..., 1950

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Les deux femmes nues, 1945–1946

Pablo Picasso

Les deux femmes nues, 1945–1946

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Dos Contes (bk by R. Reventos w/4 works, 4to), 1947

Pablo Picasso

Dos Contes (bk by R. Reventos w/4 works, 4to), 1947

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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LE ROI, 1967

Pablo Picasso

LE ROI, 1967

Sale Date: February 19, 2022

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Madoura

Pablo Picasso

Madoura

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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Colombe sur lit de paille, circa 1949, 1949

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Colombe sur lit de paille, circa 1949, 1949

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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Dessins,, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Dessins,, 1966

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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Homme pensif chez une jeune femme avec la..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme pensif chez une jeune femme avec la..., 1968

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modèle, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre peignant la nuque de son jeune modèle, 1968

Sale Date: February 10, 2022

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