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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Grand Maternité, 1973

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Grand Maternité, 1973

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Peintre et Modèle (Bloch 1381), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Peintre et Modèle (Bloch 1381), 1966

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Homme et Femme (Bloch 1210), 1965

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Homme et Femme (Bloch 1210), 1965

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Tête de Arlequin, 1962

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Tête de Arlequin, 1962

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La Ronde au Soleil, 1959

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La Ronde au Soleil, 1959

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Femme Vert Au Chat, 1955–1958

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Femme Vert Au Chat, 1955–1958

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Le Taureau (Bloch 330, Baer 377/II/B/a), 1938

Pablo Picasso

Le Taureau (Bloch 330, Baer 377/II/B/a), 1938

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La Biche (Bloch 336, Baer 583/II/B/a), 1938

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La Biche (Bloch 336, Baer 583/II/B/a), 1938

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Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I (Tête de..., 1936

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I (Tête de..., 1936

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黑色人物 Figure Noire, 1948

Pablo Picasso

黑色人物 Figure Noire, 1948

Sale Date: July 18, 2021

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「想像の中の肖像」より(エスタンプ)

Pablo Picasso

「想像の中の肖像」より(エスタンプ)

Sale Date: July 17, 2021

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Chouette - 1948, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Chouette - 1948, 1948

Sale Date: July 10, 2021

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Sculpteur, modèle couché et sculpture - 1933, 1933

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Sculpteur, modèle couché et sculpture - 1933, 1933

Sale Date: July 10, 2021

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Scène de cirque, avec cheval ailé,, 1970

Pablo Picasso

Scène de cirque, avec cheval ailé,, 1970

Sale Date: July 10, 2021

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Colombe de la paix

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Colombe de la paix

Sale Date: July 22, 2021

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Goat's Head In Profile, 1952

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Goat's Head In Profile, 1952

Sale Date: July 3, 2021

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Grosse tête, profil droit, 1965

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Grosse tête, profil droit, 1965

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Hibou, 1954

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Hibou, 1954

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Corrida aux personnages, 1950

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Corrida aux personnages, 1950

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Tête de guerrier pacifiste

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Tête de guerrier pacifiste

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Sujet poisson, 1952

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Sujet poisson, 1952

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Vase Aztèque aux quatre visages, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Vase Aztèque aux quatre visages, 1957

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Service visage noir, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Service visage noir, 1948

Sale Date: July 21, 2021

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Famille des Saltimbanques (from la Suite..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Famille des Saltimbanques (from la Suite..., 1933

Sale Date: July 15, 2021

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