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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Peintre et modèle en robe tricotée, Blatt 66 , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et modèle en robe tricotée, Blatt 66 , 1971

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Scène de ménage, Blatt 64 der Folge 156..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Scène de ménage, Blatt 64 der Folge 156..., 1971

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Le Viol, 1932

Pablo Picasso

Le Viol, 1932

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Couple au bord de l'eau, 1925

Pablo Picasso

Couple au bord de l'eau, 1925

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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PORTRAIT OF IMAGINARY

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PORTRAIT OF IMAGINARY

Sale Date: September 18, 2021

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Untitled, from Toros y Toreros, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Untitled, from Toros y Toreros, 1961

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Faune et Marin, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Faune et Marin, 1956

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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Scène de ménage (Household Scene), from Les..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Scène de ménage (Household Scene), from Les..., 1971

Sale Date: September 15, 2021

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女人脸画像陶盘（A.R. 220） 陶盘 镜框 印章, 1953

Pablo Picasso

女人脸画像陶盘（A.R. 220） 陶盘 镜框 印章, 1953

Sale Date: September 12, 2021

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Femme au Balcon, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Balcon, 1960

Sale Date: September 4, 2021

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156 Series, No.98, 1963

Pablo Picasso

156 Series, No.98, 1963

Sale Date: September 4, 2021

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Personnage cubiste

Pablo Picasso

Personnage cubiste

Sale Date: August 31, 2021

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Masque

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Masque

Sale Date: August 31, 2021

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L'Acrobate, avec femme, et spectateurs du..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

L'Acrobate, avec femme, et spectateurs du..., 1971

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Buste de femme, 1938

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme, 1938

Sale Date: September 14, 2021

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Jacqueline au bandeau de face, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline au bandeau de face, 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline aux cheveux lisses, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline aux cheveux lisses, 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Grande tête de femme au chapeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Grande tête de femme au chapeau, 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Portrait stylisé de Jacqueline, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait stylisé de Jacqueline, 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline au chapeau de paille..., 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline de face. II, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline de face. II, 1962

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Portrait de Jacqueline de face. I, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Jacqueline de face. I, 1961

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Jacqueline de profil à droite, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline de profil à droite, 1958

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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Femme au corsage à fleurs, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Femme au corsage à fleurs, 1958

Sale Date: September 17, 2021

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