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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VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT A' LA PEINTURE..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

VIEIL HOMME SONGEANT A' LA PEINTURE..., 1968

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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SATYR'S HEAD

Pablo Picasso

SATYR'S HEAD

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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LES BAGNISTES SURPRISES (THE SURPRISED..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

LES BAGNISTES SURPRISES (THE SURPRISED..., 1933

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Portrait de Famille, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Famille, 1962

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Senza titolo, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo, 1970

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Little face n. 12, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Little face n. 12, 1963

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Bird n. 76, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Bird n. 76, 1963

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Toros, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Toros, 1952

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Three figures on trampoline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Three figures on trampoline, 1956

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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SERVICE VISAGE NOIR, 1948

Pablo Picasso

SERVICE VISAGE NOIR, 1948

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO.

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO. "Bon dia i bon hora". (d)

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO.

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO. "Cap d'un pagès català". (d), 1961

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Masque

Pablo Picasso

Masque

Sale Date: December 15, 2021

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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: December 15, 2021

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PORTRAIT DE MANUEL PALLARÉS avec une..., 1899–1990

Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT DE MANUEL PALLARÉS avec une..., 1899–1990

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Jeune femme de majorque

Pablo Picasso

Jeune femme de majorque

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Chevalier et picador dans l'arène, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Chevalier et picador dans l'arène, 1951

Sale Date: December 30, 2021

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Cendrier Oiseau au ver, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Cendrier Oiseau au ver, 1952

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Pichet Picador, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Picador, 1952

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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