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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Neuf têtes – 1934, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Neuf têtes – 1934, 1934

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Sculpteur travaillant à un buste de femme II , 1965

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur travaillant à un buste de femme II , 1965

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Balzac - 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Balzac - 1952, 1952

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Marie Thérèse considérant son effigie..., 1933

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Marie Thérèse considérant son effigie..., 1933

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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L'étreinte I - 22 avril 1933, 1933

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L'étreinte I - 22 avril 1933, 1933

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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La Celestine - 1968, 1968

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La Celestine - 1968, 1968

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Fredsduen, 1962, 1962

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Fredsduen, 1962, 1962

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Madoura Tankard

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Madoura Tankard

Sale Date: December 5, 2021

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Madoura Dove, 1959

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Madoura Dove, 1959

Sale Date: December 5, 2021

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Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche, 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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EXPOSITION CERAMIQUE VALLAURIS, 1959, 1959

Pablo Picasso

EXPOSITION CERAMIQUE VALLAURIS, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Woman's face (Visage de femme), 1953

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Woman's face (Visage de femme), 1953

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Picador, 1952

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Picador, 1952

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Little face No.12, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Little face No.12, 1963

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Deux femmes, une en raccourci et une repliée , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes, une en raccourci et une repliée , 1971

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Vieux peintre et vieux modèle, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Vieux peintre et vieux modèle, 1969

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Au théâtre: David songeant à Bethsabée, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au théâtre: David songeant à Bethsabée, 1966

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Faune flûtiste et bacchantes, Pl.170 from..., 1968

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Faune flûtiste et bacchantes, Pl.170 from..., 1968

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Homme des bois devant une toile représentant , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme des bois devant une toile représentant , 1968

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Les Saltimbanques, Pl.7 from 'La suite des..., 1905

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Les Saltimbanques, Pl.7 from 'La suite des..., 1905

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Homme dévoilant une femme, Pl.5 from 'La..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Homme dévoilant une femme, Pl.5 from 'La..., 1931

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Les trois grâces II, 1922–1923

Pablo Picasso

Les trois grâces II, 1922–1923

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Au cirque: Ecuyère, clown et pierrot, from La...

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Au cirque: Ecuyère, clown et pierrot, from La...

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Femme couchée et personnage, 1941

Pablo Picasso

Femme couchée et personnage, 1941

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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