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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两个沐浴的女孩, 1933

Pablo Picasso

两个沐浴的女孩, 1933

Sale Date: June 4, 2021

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Couverture Mourlot III, 1956

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Couverture Mourlot III, 1956

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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Amours Féminines (Le Couple), 1951

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Amours Féminines (Le Couple), 1951

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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Au Homme Devoilant une Femme, 1931

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Au Homme Devoilant une Femme, 1931

Sale Date: June 5, 2021

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Sylvette

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Sylvette" , 1955, 1955

Sale Date: June 5, 2021

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

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Le Vieux Roi, 1959

Sale Date: June 5, 2021

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Le vieux roi, 6, 1959

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Le vieux roi, 6, 1959

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Jacquelin au Mouchoir Noir (Jacquelin with..., 1959

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Jacquelin au Mouchoir Noir (Jacquelin with..., 1959

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Nature Morte a la Pastèque (Still life with..., 1962

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Nature Morte a la Pastèque (Still life with..., 1962

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Femme accoudée, 1959, 1959

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Femme accoudée, 1959, 1959

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Femme nue couronnée assise, 19-10-1929, 1929

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Femme nue couronnée assise, 19-10-1929, 1929

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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The Bullfight

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The Bullfight

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Tete de Femme Tournee a Droite, 1961

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Tete de Femme Tournee a Droite, 1961

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Centaure (A.R. 102)

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Centaure (A.R. 102)

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Tetes de Beliers, 1945

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Tetes de Beliers, 1945

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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« Chouette aux plumes », Vase sculpture en terre

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« Chouette aux plumes », Vase sculpture en terre

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Visage de faune », Plat rond/carré empreinte...

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« Visage de faune », Plat rond/carré empreinte...

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Tête de chèvre de profil », plat rond / carré...

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« Tête de chèvre de profil », plat rond / carré...

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Toros », plat creux circulaire en céramique de

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« Toros », plat creux circulaire en céramique de

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Dormeur », Important plat circulaire empreinte

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« Dormeur », Important plat circulaire empreinte

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Faune cavalier », Important plat circulaire...

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« Faune cavalier », Important plat circulaire...

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Visage aux feuilles », Important plat...

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« Visage aux feuilles », Important plat...

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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« Oiseau sur la branche », coupe creuse...

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« Oiseau sur la branche », coupe creuse...

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Peintre au Travail, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au Travail, 1965

Sale Date: June 18, 2021

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