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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L'aubade, avec femme endormie, 1959

Pablo Picasso

L'aubade, avec femme endormie, 1959

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Fumeur. V, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Fumeur. V, 1964

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Bacchanale au hibou et au jeune homme masqué, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Bacchanale au hibou et au jeune homme masqué, 1955

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Bacchanale au flûtiste, 1955

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Bacchanale au flûtiste, 1955

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Bacchanale avec jeune homme au masque, 1955

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Bacchanale avec jeune homme au masque, 1955

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Crâne de chèvre sur la table, 1953

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Crâne de chèvre sur la table, 1953

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Femme torero, cheval et taureau, mourant. I, 1934

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Femme torero, cheval et taureau, mourant. I, 1934

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Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de face, 1934

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Portrait de Marie-Thérèse de face, 1934

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Le banquet, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Le banquet, 1934

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Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une..., 1933

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Minotaure caressant du mufle la main d'une..., 1933

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Minotaure et femme faisant l'amour, 1933

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Minotaure et femme faisant l'amour, 1933

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Numa suit les cours de Pythagore, 1930

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Numa suit les cours de Pythagore, 1930

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La toilette de la mère, 1905

Pablo Picasso

La toilette de la mère, 1905

Sale Date: September 16, 2021

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A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE GOLD 'CENTAURE PHALLIQUE'

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A RARE AND COLLECTIBLE GOLD 'CENTAURE PHALLIQUE'

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Chronique des temps héroïques 4 bons à tirer...

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Chronique des temps héroïques 4 bons à tirer...

Sale Date: September 27, 2021

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BUFFON, 1942

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BUFFON, 1942

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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DESSIN original avec envoi autographe, 1953

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DESSIN original avec envoi autographe, 1953

Sale Date: September 23, 2021

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Jeune Courtisane Avec un Gentilhomme, Un..., 1971

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Jeune Courtisane Avec un Gentilhomme, Un..., 1971

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Couple et Voyageuse, from La Série 347, 1968

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Couple et Voyageuse, from La Série 347, 1968

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Odalisques avec deux hommes rêve, from La..., 1968

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Odalisques avec deux hommes rêve, from La..., 1968

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Superproduction Hollywoodienne, avec..., 1968

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Superproduction Hollywoodienne, avec..., 1968

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Femme Aux Cheveux Flous, 1964

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Femme Aux Cheveux Flous, 1964

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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Dove of Peace, 1961

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Dove of Peace, 1961

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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L'Ecuyère, 1960

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L'Ecuyère, 1960

Sale Date: September 21, 2021

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