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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Jacqueline's profile (plaque), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline's profile (plaque), 1956

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Les Danseurs au Hibou, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Les Danseurs au Hibou, 1959

Sale Date: January 29, 2022

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County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

Pablo Picasso

County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

Sale Date: January 10, 2022

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Le Picador renversé, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Picador renversé, 1959

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Oiseau sur la branche, modèle créé en 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche, modèle créé en 1952, 1952

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Colombe sur lit de paille, 1949

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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La Peinture Francaise Collections Americaines, 1966

Pablo Picasso

La Peinture Francaise Collections Americaines, 1966

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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Menton, Sixeinne Biennale de Peinture, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Menton, Sixeinne Biennale de Peinture, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: December 14, 2021

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from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

Pablo Picasso

from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

Sale Date: January 14, 2022

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156 Series No.45, 1900

Pablo Picasso

156 Series No.45, 1900

Sale Date: January 14, 2022

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Various lithographs (a set of 9)

Pablo Picasso

Various lithographs (a set of 9)

Sale Date: January 14, 2022

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156 Series No.49, 1970

Pablo Picasso

156 Series No.49, 1970

Sale Date: January 14, 2022

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El rapto de Jezabel por Quirón el centauro..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

El rapto de Jezabel por Quirón el centauro..., 1962

Sale Date: December 28, 2021

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Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Sale Date: January 4, 2022

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La flute double

Pablo Picasso

La flute double" portfolio containing 15..., 1967

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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速写手稿, 1963

Pablo Picasso

速写手稿, 1963

Sale Date: January 22, 2022

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Carnaval, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Carnaval, 1965

Sale Date: January 26, 2022

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La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Sale Date: January 10, 2022

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Still life, 1953, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Still life, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: January 5, 2022

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Rider and horse VASE Cavalier et Cheval, 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Rider and horse VASE Cavalier et Cheval, 1952, 1952

Sale Date: January 5, 2022

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Masque

Pablo Picasso

Masque

Sale Date: January 5, 2022

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Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel), 1952

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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X Anniversaire du Mouvement de la Paix, 1959

Pablo Picasso

X Anniversaire du Mouvement de la Paix, 1959

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Faunes et Flore, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Faunes et Flore, 1959

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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