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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Portraits Imaginaires, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Portraits Imaginaires, 1971

Sale Date: January 21, 2022

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Hélène chez Archimède, 1972

Pablo Picasso

Hélène chez Archimède, 1972

Sale Date: January 17, 2022

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Canard pique-fleurs, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Canard pique-fleurs, 1951

Sale Date: January 9, 2022

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Toros en Vallauris 1955 (Bulls in Vallauris..., 1955

Pablo Picasso

Toros en Vallauris 1955 (Bulls in Vallauris..., 1955

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Vallauris 1956 exposition (Bl. 1271, Ba...., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 exposition (Bl. 1271, Ba...., 1956

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Raphaël et la Fornarina IV: avec le Pape..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Raphaël et la Fornarina IV: avec le Pape..., 1968

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Reître enlevant une femme pour le compte..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Reître enlevant une femme pour le compte..., 1968

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Cavalier surprenant des femmes dansant au..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier surprenant des femmes dansant au..., 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Danseuse tâchant de séduire la chouette d'un , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Danseuse tâchant de séduire la chouette d'un , 1970

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Célestine et fille, avec deux hommes en..., 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Femme au grand nez, en raccourci, sur un lit , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Femme au grand nez, en raccourci, sur un lit , 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Odalisque au collier de chien (Odalisque..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Odalisque au collier de chien (Odalisque..., 1970

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Barbu fantasmant, femmes, homme, et homme..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Barbu fantasmant, femmes, homme, et homme..., 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec sa..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec sa..., 1971

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Minotaure blessé (Wounded Minotaur), plate..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure blessé (Wounded Minotaur), plate..., 1933

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Visage au trait oblique (Face with..., 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au trait oblique (Face with..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Sylvette (R. 266), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Sylvette (R. 266), 1955

Sale Date: January 20, 2022

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Tête de chèvre en profil (Goat's Head in..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre en profil (Goat's Head in..., 1952

Sale Date: January 19, 2022

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Femme dans un fauteuil et guitariste (Woman..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Femme dans un fauteuil et guitariste (Woman..., 1959

Sale Date: January 19, 2022

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La Tasse et la Pomme, from Dans l'Atelier de , 1947

Pablo Picasso

La Tasse et la Pomme, from Dans l'Atelier de , 1947

Sale Date: January 11, 2022

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One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1956

Pablo Picasso

One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1956

Sale Date: January 11, 2022

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One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1955

Pablo Picasso

One Plate, from Chevaux de Minuit, 1955

Sale Date: January 11, 2022

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