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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Femme vue de Dos, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Femme vue de Dos, 1956

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO - LE VIEUX ROI

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO - LE VIEUX ROI

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Vase with Bunch, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Vase with Bunch, 1956

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Peintre à son chevalet et femme nue debout, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Peintre à son chevalet et femme nue debout, 1963

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Pigeon au fond gris, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Pigeon au fond gris, 1947

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle et grande sculpture de dos, 1933

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Femme Accroupie 抱膝女子, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Femme Accroupie 抱膝女子, 1954

Sale Date: October 9, 2021

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Femme Couchée et Homme à la Guitare, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Femme Couchée et Homme à la Guitare, 1959

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Hibou à la Chaise, Fond Ocré, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Hibou à la Chaise, Fond Ocré, 1947

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Le Cavalier, 1968

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Le Cavalier, 1968

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Minotaure et Femme derrière un Rideau, Plate , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure et Femme derrière un Rideau, Plate , 1933

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Grand Vase Aux Femme Nues, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Grand Vase Aux Femme Nues, 1950

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Femme Au Chapeau Fleuri, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Femme Au Chapeau Fleuri, 1964

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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TOROS EN VALLAURIS

Pablo Picasso

TOROS EN VALLAURIS

Sale Date: October 3, 2021

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PICADOR II, 1961

Pablo Picasso

PICADOR II, 1961

Sale Date: October 3, 2021

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CAVALIER ET CHEVAL

Pablo Picasso

CAVALIER ET CHEVAL

Sale Date: October 3, 2021

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Arlequin sentado, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Arlequin sentado, 1964

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Jeune femme de Majorque, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Jeune femme de Majorque, 1954

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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PICASSO DESSINS D'UN DEMI-SIÈCLE (SEE CRAMER , 1956

Pablo Picasso

PICASSO DESSINS D'UN DEMI-SIÈCLE (SEE CRAMER , 1956

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

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TÊTE DE BOUFFON

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE (BLOCH 827; MOURLOT 289)

Pablo Picasso

PORTRAIT DE JACQUELINE (BLOCH 827; MOURLOT 289)

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Lot de deux affiches Picasso à la..., 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Lot de deux affiches Picasso à la..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Le seigneur et sa dame eau-forte en noir et..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Le seigneur et sa dame eau-forte en noir et..., 1968

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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Nature morte au vase de fleurs et au verre..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte au vase de fleurs et au verre..., 1947

Sale Date: October 13, 2021

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