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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Painter and model with a bow in her hair, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Painter and model with a bow in her hair, 1964

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Ceramics Exhibition - Vallauris Paques, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Ceramics Exhibition - Vallauris Paques, 1958

Sale Date: December 21, 2021

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Vieil homme songeant à la peinture ancienne: , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Vieil homme songeant à la peinture ancienne: , 1968

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Écuyer à cheval, 1905

Pablo Picasso

Écuyer à cheval, 1905

Sale Date: December 17, 2021

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Les Quatre petites filles, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Les Quatre petites filles, 1969

Sale Date: December 13, 2021

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Centaure, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Centaure, 1956

Sale Date: December 13, 2021

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Portrait

Pablo Picasso

Portrait

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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KOBIETA W KAPELUSZU (ed. 1956 Henri Dechamps), 1939

Pablo Picasso

KOBIETA W KAPELUSZU (ed. 1956 Henri Dechamps), 1939

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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PARA z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Pablo Picasso

PARA z cyklu Komedia Ludzka, 1954

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Buste d'Homme (Plate IV from La Suite des..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

Buste d'Homme (Plate IV from La Suite des..., 1905

Sale Date: December 8, 2021

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WHITE-GLAZED 'TERRE DE FAIENCE' PLATE, 1953

Pablo Picasso

WHITE-GLAZED 'TERRE DE FAIENCE' PLATE, 1953

Sale Date: April 25, 2020

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Visage aux mains, circa 1967, 1967

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Visage aux mains, circa 1967, 1967

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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La Femme du barbu, 1953, 1953

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La Femme du barbu, 1953, 1953

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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STIERKAMPFSZENEN; CARNET DE LA CALIFORNIE E....

Pablo Picasso

STIERKAMPFSZENEN; CARNET DE LA CALIFORNIE E....

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Troupe d'Acteurs, 1954, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Troupe d'Acteurs, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: December 7, 2021

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La Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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RELAIS DE LA JEUNESSE (Youth Relay)

Pablo Picasso

RELAIS DE LA JEUNESSE (Youth Relay)

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Parisian Buildings

Pablo Picasso

Parisian Buildings

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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戴著華麗大帽的女人, 1964

Pablo Picasso

戴著華麗大帽的女人, 1964

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Anfora, 1962

Egidio Costantini and Pablo Picasso

Anfora, 1962

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Work, 1965

Egidio Costantini and Pablo Picasso

Work, 1965

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Toro, 1960

Egidio Costantini and Pablo Picasso

Toro, 1960

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Anfora, 1962

Egidio Costantini and Pablo Picasso

Anfora, 1962

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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Young wood-owl (vase), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Young wood-owl (vase), 1952

Sale Date: December 10, 2021

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