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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JACQUELINE PICASSO, 1958

Pablo Picasso

JACQUELINE PICASSO, 1958

Sale Date: November 13, 2021

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Losange a la Danse

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Losange a la Danse

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Faun with Nude, 1958

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Faun with Nude, 1958

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Tete de Femme au Chapeau (Dame mit Hut), 1939

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Tete de Femme au Chapeau (Dame mit Hut), 1939

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Famille, Six Personnages, 1962

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel), 1952

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Colombe volant (à l'arc-en-ciel), 1952

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Raphael et la Fornarina XXII, aus der Reihe: , 1968

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Raphael et la Fornarina XXII, aus der Reihe: , 1968

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Affiche pour une exposition de céramiques à..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Affiche pour une exposition de céramiques à..., 1957

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Affiche pour une exposition de céramiques à..., 1951

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Affiche pour une exposition de céramiques à..., 1951

Sale Date: November 18, 2021

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Tête de chèvre de profil (Head of Goat in..., 1952

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Tête de chèvre de profil (Head of Goat in..., 1952

Sale Date: November 22, 2021

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Sculpteur et sculpture, from

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et sculpture, from "Sable mouvant, 1965

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Le vieux Roix, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux Roix, 1959

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Visage aux cercles, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux cercles, 1969

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Groupe avec femme à l'Agneau,..., 1968

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Groupe avec femme à l'Agneau,..., 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Deux grosses femmes nues et un voyeur, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Deux grosses femmes nues et un voyeur, 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Collation en musique chez la Célestine, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Collation en musique chez la Célestine, 1968

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Modèle et peintre chauve, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et peintre chauve, 1966

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Nu accoudé, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Nu accoudé, 1965

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Le roi fou, 1964

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Le roi fou, 1964

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Femme assise en pyjama de plage. II, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise en pyjama de plage. II, 1961

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Picador, 1953

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Picador, 1953

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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Nature Morte, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Nature Morte, 1953

Sale Date: December 2, 2021

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