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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Trois Femmes Nues et Une Coupe d'Anemones, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Trois Femmes Nues et Une Coupe d'Anemones, 1933

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Le Repos du Sculpteur Devant Un Centaure et..., 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur Devant Un Centaure et..., 1933

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Modele Contemplant un Groupe Sculpt, 1933

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Modele Contemplant un Groupe Sculpt, 1933

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Minotaure Vaincu, 1933

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Minotaure Vaincu, 1933

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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OVALE

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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JOUEUR DE FLÛTE ET CAVALIERS

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JOUEUR DE FLÛTE ET CAVALIERS

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Maya en Tablier (Maya with apron), 1965, 1965

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Maya en Tablier (Maya with apron), 1965, 1965

Sale Date: September 29, 2021

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Visage tourmenté, 1956, 1956

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Visage tourmenté, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Pichet espagnol, 1954, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Pichet espagnol, 1954, 1954

Sale Date: September 28, 2021

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Oiseau au soleil (A.R. 174), 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au soleil (A.R. 174), 1952, 1952

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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Centaure (A.R. 102), 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Centaure (A.R. 102), 1950, 1950

Sale Date: September 30, 2021

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PETIT VISAGE BARBU, (A. R. 559)

Pablo Picasso

PETIT VISAGE BARBU, (A. R. 559)

Sale Date: September 27, 2021

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PABLO PICASSO | MADOURA; AND JEUNE HOMME..., 1961

Pablo Picasso

PABLO PICASSO | MADOURA; AND JEUNE HOMME..., 1961

Sale Date: September 27, 2021

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HISTOIRE DE SABARTÉS ET DE SA VOISINE:..., 1957

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HISTOIRE DE SABARTÉS ET DE SA VOISINE:..., 1957

Sale Date: September 27, 2021

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Ecce Homo (after Rembrandt, from Series 156) , 1970

Pablo Picasso

Ecce Homo (after Rembrandt, from Series 156) , 1970

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Les Lutteurs (from Quatre Lithographies)..., 1921

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Les Lutteurs (from Quatre Lithographies)..., 1921

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Wood-owl woman, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl woman, 1951

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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La Colombe en Vol, 1950

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La Colombe en Vol, 1950

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture”, 1927, 1927

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture”, 1927, 1927

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Nana (Karlica), 1966

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Nana (Karlica), 1966

Sale Date: September 22, 2021

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Fumeur, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur, 1964

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Tête de Femme, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Femme, 1962

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Nature morte à la bouteille, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la bouteille, 1962

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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