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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Bouquet de Fleurs (See. Czwiklitzer 147)

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Bouquet de Fleurs (See. Czwiklitzer 147)

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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Visage, 1967

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Visage, 1967

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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156 series: Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

156 series: Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two..., 1971

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Flutiste et Trois Femmes Nues (Bloch 144), 1932

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Flutiste et Trois Femmes Nues (Bloch 144), 1932

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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Homme Devoilant une Femme (Bloch 138; Baer..., 1931

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Homme Devoilant une Femme (Bloch 138; Baer..., 1931

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Affiche Exposition de Céramiques (Bloch 1280)

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Affiche Exposition de Céramiques (Bloch 1280)

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Balzac (Bloch 713), 1952–1961

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Balzac (Bloch 713), 1952–1961

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Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

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Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

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Two Old Men Courting Nude (Bloch 1411), 1966

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Two Old Men Courting Nude (Bloch 1411), 1966

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Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I (Tête de..., 1936

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I (Tête de..., 1936

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Les Jeux et la lecture (Bloch 741; Mourlot..., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Les Jeux et la lecture (Bloch 741; Mourlot..., 1953

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De la serie Gout Du Bonheur ; a) I ; b) II

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De la serie Gout Du Bonheur ; a) I ; b) II

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Pablo Picasso

De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Pablo Picasso

De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Manolo Huguet, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Manolo Huguet, 1957

Sale Date: January 25, 2022

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Portrait de Femme au Collier, 1946

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Portrait de Femme au Collier, 1946

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Buste de Petite Fille, 1952

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Buste de Petite Fille, 1952

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Chouette (A.R 48)

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (A.R 48)

Sale Date: January 16, 2022

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Verre, paquet de tabac, carte a jouer, 1919

Pablo Picasso

Verre, paquet de tabac, carte a jouer, 1919

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Dompteuse et Lion, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Dompteuse et Lion, 1968

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Picador debout avec son cheval, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Picador debout avec son cheval, 1959

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Jeune couple accroupi, l'homme avec un..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Jeune couple accroupi, l'homme avec un..., 1934

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Woman (pitcher), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Woman (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Mat dove (plate), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Mat dove (plate), 1948

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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