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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Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur, modèle et sculpture: femme assise

Sale Date: November 5, 2021

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Pichet gravé gris, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet gravé gris, 1954

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Volutes Tapestry

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Volutes Tapestry

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Affiche Exposition - Jean Cocteau et son..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Affiche Exposition - Jean Cocteau et son..., 1965

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Face with hands (plate), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Face with hands (plate), 1956

Sale Date: October 30, 2021

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Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au chapeau de paille, 1962

Sale Date: October 30, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: October 30, 2021

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Faunen, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Faunen, 1958

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Harlequin (from the Barcelona Suite), 1966

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Harlequin (from the Barcelona Suite), 1966

Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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La colombe volante II, 1950

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La colombe volante II, 1950

Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu, 1931

Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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Faune aux branchages, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Faune aux branchages, 1948

Sale Date: October 26, 2021

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Le Corsage Raye, 1949–1978

Pablo Picasso

Le Corsage Raye, 1949–1978

Sale Date: October 27, 2021

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Peintre au travail observé par un modèle nu

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au travail observé par un modèle nu

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Cruchon Hibou, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon Hibou, 1955

Sale Date: October 28, 2021

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Mask, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Mask, 1956

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Violon, 1912

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Violon, 1912

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Portrait du Maitre de Ballet de la Scala de..., 1925

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Portrait du Maitre de Ballet de la Scala de..., 1925

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Hen sujet (Hen Subject) (R. 250), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Hen sujet (Hen Subject) (R. 250), 1954

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Nature morte à la Charlotte (Still Life with , 1960

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Nature morte à la Charlotte (Still Life with , 1960

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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

Pablo Picasso

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

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Femme à sa toilette et homme au chapeau..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Femme à sa toilette et homme au chapeau..., 1968

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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VIIIe Pythique (Eighth Pythian Ode), by..., 1960

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VIIIe Pythique (Eighth Pythian Ode), by..., 1960

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Personnages, from Gérald Cramer, Trente ans..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Personnages, from Gérald Cramer, Trente ans..., 1966

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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