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 di fiori, 1958, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet di fiori, 1958, 1958

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La grande maternita

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La grande maternita

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Taurus

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Taurus

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Don Chisciotte, 1955, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Don Chisciotte, 1955, 1955

Sale Date: October 6, 2021

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4 works from A Los Toros Avec Picasso, 1961

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4 works from A Los Toros Avec Picasso, 1961

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Chouette, 1968

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Chouette, 1968

Sale Date: September 26, 2021

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Centaure, 1956

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Centaure, 1956

Sale Date: October 9, 2021

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La Lecture, 1923

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La Lecture, 1923

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Paloma 24.12.52

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Paloma 24.12.52

Sale Date: September 25, 2021

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Couple: femme et homme-chien avec femme à la , 1972

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Couple: femme et homme-chien avec femme à la , 1972

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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La Célestine présentant ses deux..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine présentant ses deux..., 1968

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Couple posant pour un peintre, from: Séries..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Couple posant pour un peintre, from: Séries..., 1968

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Pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse, from: Séries 347, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Pourvu qu'on ait l'ivresse, from: Séries 347, 1968

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Peintre au travail avec une grande toile et..., 1965

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Peintre au travail avec une grande toile et..., 1965

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Dans l'atelier, 1965

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Dans l'atelier, 1965

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Deux femmes au miroir, plate III from: Sable , 1965

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Deux femmes au miroir, plate III from: Sable , 1965

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Peintre et modèle accoudé, from: Sable mouvant, 1964

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Peintre et modèle accoudé, from: Sable mouvant, 1964

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Peintre et modèle IV, 1963

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Peintre et modèle IV, 1963

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Jacqueline aux cheveux flous, en buste, 1962

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Jacqueline aux cheveux flous, en buste, 1962

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, 1962

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Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe, 1962

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Profil de femme regardant à droite, 1963

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Profil de femme regardant à droite, 1963

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Le Départ, 1951

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Le Départ, 1951

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Vénus et l'Amour (d'après Cranach), 2ème..., 1949

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Vénus et l'Amour (d'après Cranach), 2ème..., 1949

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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La femme à la résille (Femme aux cheveux..., 1949

Pablo Picasso

La femme à la résille (Femme aux cheveux..., 1949

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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