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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Tête d'Homme au Maillot Rayé (Bloch 1164),..., 1964

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'Homme au Maillot Rayé (Bloch 1164),..., 1964

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Tête de taureau, tournée à droite (Bloch..., 1948

Pablo Picasso

Tête de taureau, tournée à droite (Bloch..., 1948

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La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de..., 1962

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Les Deux Saltimbanques, from La Suite des..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

Les Deux Saltimbanques, from La Suite des..., 1905

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Exposition Vallauris 1962 (Bloch 1299), 1962, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Exposition Vallauris 1962 (Bloch 1299), 1962, 1962

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Lysistrata (Bloch 267-272), 1934, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Lysistrata (Bloch 267-272), 1934, 1934

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Tête géométrique, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tête géométrique, 1956

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Cavalier et cheval, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et cheval, 1952

Sale Date: May 25, 2021

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Vase of Flowers, 1965

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Vase of Flowers, 1965

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Paul en Pierrot (Text)

Pablo Picasso

Paul en Pierrot (Text)

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Oeuvre Grave, 1973

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Oeuvre Grave, 1973

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Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

Pablo Picasso

Museo Picasso Barcelona (The Dwarf), 1966

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La Peintre, 1936

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La Peintre, 1936

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Figure (Portrait of Marie Therese Walter), 1936

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Figure (Portrait of Marie Therese Walter), 1936

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Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

Pablo Picasso

Au Musee de Tel Aviv - Pavillion Helena..., 1959

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172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Pablo Picasso

172 Dessins Recents: Galerie Louise Leiris, 1972

Sale Date: May 28, 2021

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Tête au masque, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Tête au masque, 1959

Sale Date: June 11, 2021

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La Pique, from

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La Pique, from "A los toros avec Picasso, 1961

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Trois fragments de têtes, from

Pablo Picasso

Trois fragments de têtes, from "Les..., 1931

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Femme nue, from

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Femme nue, from "Le siège de Jerusalem, 1913

Sale Date: June 9, 2021

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Maternité

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Maternité

Sale Date: June 7, 2021

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Hibou Mat, 1955 (A.R. 284), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Hibou Mat, 1955 (A.R. 284), 1955

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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Lundi 19.6.72.22, 1972, 1972

Pablo Picasso

Lundi 19.6.72.22, 1972, 1972

Sale Date: May 19, 2021

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... Autre chose que de l'enfant beau [Paris], 1957

Pablo Picasso

... Autre chose que de l'enfant beau [Paris], 1957

Sale Date: June 3, 2021

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