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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L'aubade, avec joueur d'harmonica, 1959

Pablo Picasso

L'aubade, avec joueur d'harmonica, 1959

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Visage, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1955

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Pichet Espagnole, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Espagnole, 1954

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Sujet Poisson, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Sujet Poisson, 1952

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Nature morte à la cuiller, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la cuiller, 1952

Sale Date: December 4, 2021

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Service Visage Noir, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Service Visage Noir, 1948

Sale Date: December 3, 2021

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Vallauris, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris, 1956

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Visage aux feuilles, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux feuilles, 1956

Sale Date: November 23, 2021

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Femme vue de Dos, 1956

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Femme vue de Dos, 1956

Sale Date: November 20, 2021

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Minotaure et Femme derrière un Rideau, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure et Femme derrière un Rideau, 1933

Sale Date: November 20, 2021

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Trois femmes au réveil, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Trois femmes au réveil, 1959

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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La colombe en vol, fonds noir, 1950

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La colombe en vol, fonds noir, 1950

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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Deux femmes nues debout, 1925

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Deux femmes nues debout, 1925

Sale Date: November 30, 2021

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青い鳩

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青い鳩

Sale Date: November 20, 2021

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PICHET TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 367)

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PICHET TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 367)

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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FEMMES ET TORÉADOR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 541)

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FEMMES ET TORÉADOR (ALAIN RAMIÉ 541)

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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DEUX DANSEURS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 380)

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DEUX DANSEURS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 380)

Sale Date: November 16, 2021

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«Eros». Liegender weiblicher Akt mit Voyeur, 1969

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«Eros». Liegender weiblicher Akt mit Voyeur, 1969

Sale Date: November 19, 2021

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Le repas frugal, 1904

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Le repas frugal, 1904

Sale Date: November 28, 2021

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347 series, No.46, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 series, No.46, 1968

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Au theatre: femme nue entre un jeune homme..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au theatre: femme nue entre un jeune homme..., 1966

Sale Date: November 12, 2021

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Nu assis dans un fauteuil, 1923

Pablo Picasso

Nu assis dans un fauteuil, 1923

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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Nature morte avec bouteille, 1913–1914

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte avec bouteille, 1913–1914

Sale Date: November 17, 2021

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