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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Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme, 1956

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Lampe femme, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe femme, 1955

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Visage, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1955

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Gros oiseau corrida, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Gros oiseau corrida, 1953

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A Complete Set of Twenty-Four Silver..., 1956–1967

Pablo Picasso

A Complete Set of Twenty-Four Silver..., 1956–1967

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Diurnes, Découpages et Photographies portfolio, 1962

Pablo Picasso, Jacques Prévert and André Villers

Diurnes, Découpages et Photographies portfolio, 1962

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Paysan and Maja (from Series 156), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Paysan and Maja (from Series 156), 1971

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Femme Couchée et Homme à la Guitare, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Femme Couchée et Homme à la Guitare, 1959

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Vallauris, Peinture et Lumière, Xᵉ..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

Vallauris, Peinture et Lumière, Xᵉ..., 1964

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Pique (Noir et Beige), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pique (Noir et Beige), 1959

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Senza titolo

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo

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Senza titolo 9.5.51, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Senza titolo 9.5.51, 1951

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Cruchon hibou (A. R. 293) 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon hibou (A. R. 293) 1955, 1955

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Portrait imaginaire 14.3.69 I, 1970, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Portrait imaginaire 14.3.69 I, 1970, 1970

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Portrait imaginaire 19.3.69 I, 1970, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Portrait imaginaire 19.3.69 I, 1970, 1970

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Picador, modèle créé en 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Picador, modèle créé en 1952, 1952

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Despues de la estocada, el torero senala la..., 1957

Pablo Picasso

Despues de la estocada, el torero senala la..., 1957

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from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

Pablo Picasso

from VINGT POEMES DE GONGORA, 1948

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Deux hommes sculptés, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Deux hommes sculptés, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Sale Date: October 7, 2021

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Pichet Tête Carrée, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Pichet Tête Carrée, 1953

Sale Date: October 20, 2021

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Sculpteur et Modèle agenouillé, planche..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et Modèle agenouillé, planche..., 1933

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LE VISAGE DE LA PAIX. PARIS : ÉDITIONS..., 1951

Pablo Picasso

LE VISAGE DE LA PAIX. PARIS : ÉDITIONS..., 1951

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Plat oiseau (A.R. 79), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Plat oiseau (A.R. 79), 1949

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PAPIERS COLLÉ S » . 1910-1914. PARIS :..., 1910–1914

Pablo Picasso

PAPIERS COLLÉ S » . 1910-1914. PARIS :..., 1910–1914

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