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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Tête de femme (Bloch 384; Mourlot 4), 1945

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Tête de femme (Bloch 384; Mourlot 4), 1945

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Le Singe (Bloch 339; Baer 586), 1936

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Le Singe (Bloch 339; Baer 586), 1936

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Jeune sculpteur devant un buste de..., 1934

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Jeune sculpteur devant un buste de..., 1934

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Le Chat (Bloch 333; Baer 580), 1936

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Le Chat (Bloch 333; Baer 580), 1936

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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L'Étreinte. II (Bloch 259; Baer 339), 1933

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L'Étreinte. II (Bloch 259; Baer 339), 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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La visite. Deux femmes assises avec un livre , 1933

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La visite. Deux femmes assises avec un livre , 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Faune dévoilant une dormeuse (Bloch 230;..., 1936

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Faune dévoilant une dormeuse (Bloch 230;..., 1936

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Marie-Thérèse, en vestale, veillant le..., 1933

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Marie-Thérèse, en vestale, veillant le..., 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Sculpteur travaillant sur le motif avec..., 1933

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Sculpteur travaillant sur le motif avec..., 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Imaginary Portraits, 1969

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Imaginary Portraits, 1969

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Trois Nus Debout, 1927

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Trois Nus Debout, 1927

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Femme nue assise, la Tete appuyee sur la..., 1934

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Femme nue assise, la Tete appuyee sur la..., 1934

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Figure au corsage rayé (Bloch 604; Mourlot..., 1949

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Figure au corsage rayé (Bloch 604; Mourlot..., 1949

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Nature morte au verre sous la lampe (Bloch..., 1962

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Nature morte au verre sous la lampe (Bloch..., 1962

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Françoise (Bloch 401; Mourlot 45), 1946

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Françoise (Bloch 401; Mourlot 45), 1946

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (Alain Ramié , 1957

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Vase aztèque aux quatre visages (Alain Ramié , 1957

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Personnages et têtes (Alain Ramié 242), 1954

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Personnages et têtes (Alain Ramié 242), 1954

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Hiboux aux ailes déployées (Alain Ramié 397), 1957

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Hiboux aux ailes déployées (Alain Ramié 397), 1957

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Le chien, 1941–1942

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Le chien, 1941–1942

Sale Date: November 4, 2021

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La dance des faunes, 1957

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La dance des faunes, 1957

Sale Date: November 4, 2021

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Eau forte 21 juillet 1968 I, 1968

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Eau forte 21 juillet 1968 I, 1968

Sale Date: November 4, 2021

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L'atelier de Cannes, 1958

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L'atelier de Cannes, 1958

Sale Date: November 2, 2021

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Krug Quatre visages, 1959 (Madoura)

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Krug Quatre visages, 1959 (Madoura)

Sale Date: November 5, 2021

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Tête de femme, 1905

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Tête de femme, 1905

Sale Date: November 5, 2021

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