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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« Cruchon hibou » le modèle créé en [1955]

Pablo Picasso

« Cruchon hibou » le modèle créé en [1955]

Sale Date: August 7, 2021

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Portrait

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Portrait

Sale Date: August 10, 2021

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Affiche Exposition de Ceramiques, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Affiche Exposition de Ceramiques, 1958

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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La Petite Corrida, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Petite Corrida, 1957

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Danseuse, from Le Ballet, 1954

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Danseuse, from Le Ballet, 1954

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Picador, 1955

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Picador, 1955

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Bird with Tuft, 1952

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Bird with Tuft, 1952

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Figures and Cavalier, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Figures and Cavalier, 1968

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Man's Face, 1966

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Man's Face, 1966

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Women and Toreador, 1968

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Women and Toreador, 1968

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Congrès National du Mouvement de la Paix, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Congrès National du Mouvement de la Paix, 1962

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Three Figures on Trampoline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Three Figures on Trampoline, 1956

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Exposition Vallauris, 1962

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Exposition Vallauris, 1962

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Toros en Vallauris, 1960

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Toros en Vallauris, 1960

Sale Date: August 17, 2021

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Tete D'homme. Profil, 1901

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Tete D'homme. Profil, 1901

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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Au theatre: David songeant a Bethsabee, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Au theatre: David songeant a Bethsabee, 1966

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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Composition avec une femme from UN POEME..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Composition avec une femme from UN POEME..., 1956

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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Art and Solidarity, 1961

Pablo Picasso

Art and Solidarity, 1961

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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Lion's head (plaque), 1968–1989

Pablo Picasso

Lion's head (plaque), 1968–1989

Sale Date: July 31, 2021

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La grande maternite, 1963

Pablo Picasso

La grande maternite, 1963

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Pablo Picasso

De la carpeta Portraits Imaginaires, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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Serie Minotauro, 1947, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Serie Minotauro, 1947, 1947

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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Sin título

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Sin título

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

Pablo Picasso

Erotic Series #3, de la suite 156

Sale Date: August 12, 2021

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