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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LA RONDE DE LA JEUNESSE, 1961

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LA RONDE DE LA JEUNESSE, 1961

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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REMBRANDT ET TÊTES DE FEMMES (BLOCH 207;..., 1934

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REMBRANDT ET TÊTES DE FEMMES (BLOCH 207;..., 1934

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE..., 1933

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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR ET LA SCULPTURE..., 1933

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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FEMME AU LIT RÊVANT: HOMMES ET FEMMES (BLOCH , 1968

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FEMME AU LIT RÊVANT: HOMMES ET FEMMES (BLOCH , 1968

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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PICHET TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 367), 1956

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PICHET TÊTES (ALAIN RAMIÉ 367), 1956

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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VISAGE BARBU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 413), 1959

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VISAGE BARBU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 413), 1959

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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CHOPE VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 432), 1959

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CHOPE VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 432), 1959

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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VISAGE GÉOMÉTRIQUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 344), 1956

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VISAGE GÉOMÉTRIQUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 344), 1956

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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VISAGE NO. 157 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 489), 1963

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VISAGE NO. 157 (ALAIN RAMIÉ 489), 1963

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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NATURE MORTE À LA BOUTEILLE DE VIN ET..., 1922–1923

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NATURE MORTE À LA BOUTEILLE DE VIN ET..., 1922–1923

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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POISSON FOND BLANC (ALAIN RAMIÉ 168), 1952

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POISSON FOND BLANC (ALAIN RAMIÉ 168), 1952

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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VISAGE AUX YEUX RIEURS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 608), 1969

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VISAGE AUX YEUX RIEURS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 608), 1969

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Le Peintre et son modèle, 1964

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Le Peintre et son modèle, 1964

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Portrait du Père d'Utrillo, 1903

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Portrait du Père d'Utrillo, 1903

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Portfolio titled Diurnes, Découpages et...

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Portfolio titled Diurnes, Découpages et...

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Journal, verre, bouteille de Bass, guitare, 1914

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Journal, verre, bouteille de Bass, guitare, 1914

Sale Date: October 21, 2021

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Minotaure caressant une dormeuse, from La..., 1933

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Minotaure caressant une dormeuse, from La..., 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants,..., 1934

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Taureau ailé contemplé par quatre enfants,..., 1934

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Vallauris 1960 Exposition, 1960

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Vallauris 1960 Exposition, 1960

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Peintres aux champs: un déjeuner sur l'herbe , 1968

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Peintres aux champs: un déjeuner sur l'herbe , 1968

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Torse de femme, (L'Égyptienne), 1953

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Torse de femme, (L'Égyptienne), 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Modèle accroupi, Sculpture de Dos et Tête..., 1933

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Modèle accroupi, Sculpture de Dos et Tête..., 1933

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Deux enfants jouant et femme couchée, I, 1953

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Deux enfants jouant et femme couchée, I, 1953

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from La , 1934

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from La , 1934

Sale Date: October 22, 2021

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