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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Seigneur et fille, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Seigneur et fille, 1959

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Le Peintre à la palette, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre à la palette, 1963

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Vallauris 1956 Toros, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris 1956 Toros, 1956

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Nature morte à la pastèque, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la pastèque, 1962

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Femme endormie, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Femme endormie, 1962

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Untitled, from Diurnes, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from Diurnes, 1962

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Mère, danseur et musicien, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Mère, danseur et musicien, 1959

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Degas songeant, filles entre elles, from La..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Degas songeant, filles entre elles, from La..., 1970

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Théatre: Autour de Rembrandt, from La Série..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Théatre: Autour de Rembrandt, from La Série..., 1968

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Char Romain monté par un athlète féminin,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Char Romain monté par un athlète féminin,..., 1968

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Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Nature morte (Le Journal), 1914–1915

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte (Le Journal), 1914–1915

Sale Date: December 9, 2021

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: November 21, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO CERAMIC PLATE: Face No. 197, 1963

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO CERAMIC PLATE: Face No. 197, 1963

Sale Date: November 21, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO CERAMIC PLATE: Face No. 0, 1963

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO CERAMIC PLATE: Face No. 0, 1963

Sale Date: November 21, 2021

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Nu De Dos, 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Nu De Dos, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: November 21, 2021

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La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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L'atelier du vieux peintre

Pablo Picasso

L'atelier du vieux peintre

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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Masque und Masque, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Masque und Masque, 1956

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Le Tricorne. Ballet d'après les dessins en..., 1920

Pablo Picasso

Le Tricorne. Ballet d'après les dessins en..., 1920

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Seigneur et fille, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Seigneur et fille, 1959

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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La Célestine présente sa pupille; avec un..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine présente sa pupille; avec un..., 1968

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Toros y toreros, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Toros y toreros, 1961

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Nature Morte, 1953

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Nature Morte, 1953

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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