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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Degas et deux Filles, dont une en cours de..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas et deux Filles, dont une en cours de..., 1971

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Déménagement, ou Charrette révolutionnaire, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Déménagement, ou Charrette révolutionnaire, 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Modèle avec Peintre aus second Plan, 1966–1968

Pablo Picasso

Modèle avec Peintre aus second Plan, 1966–1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Modèle et Peintre chauve, 1966–1968

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et Peintre chauve, 1966–1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Ex-libris de Max Pellequer, 1930

Pablo Picasso

Ex-libris de Max Pellequer, 1930

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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Corrida, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida, 1953

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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El entierro del Conde de Orgaz

Pablo Picasso

El entierro del Conde de Orgaz

Sale Date: December 16, 2021

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Sculptor and His Model with Sculpted a..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculptor and His Model with Sculpted a..., 1933

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Anemones and Small Torso (Sculpteur au repos , 1939

Pablo Picasso

Anemones and Small Torso (Sculpteur au repos , 1939

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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At the Bath: Woman in Hat with Flowers and..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

At the Bath: Woman in Hat with Flowers and..., 1934

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Char romain avec vieil athlète

Pablo Picasso

Char romain avec vieil athlète

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Femme au Chignon (1er état), 1957

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Chignon (1er état), 1957

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Le Homard (Der Hummer), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Le Homard (Der Hummer), 1949

Sale Date: December 11, 2021

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Composition, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Composition, 1948

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, 1961

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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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 1, 2021

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Vase au bouquet, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase au bouquet, 1956

Sale Date: December 1, 2021

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VISAGE NOIR, ASSIETTE E, 1948

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE NOIR, ASSIETTE E, 1948

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Pablo Picasso - Linogravures, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso - Linogravures, 1962

Sale Date: November 27, 2021

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Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs (A. R. 236)

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme couronnée de fleurs (A. R. 236)

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Pichet espagnol (A. R. 244)

Pablo Picasso

Pichet espagnol (A. R. 244)

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (A. R. 402)

Pablo Picasso

Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (A. R. 402)

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Bouteille gravée (A. R. 249)

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille gravée (A. R. 249)

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Bouteille gravée (A. R. 248)

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille gravée (A. R. 248)

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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