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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Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

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Petit Pot de Fleurs, 1947

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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La Tasse noire, 1947

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La Tasse noire, 1947

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Nu au Collier, 1944

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Nu au Collier, 1944

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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La Sauterelle, 1936

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La Sauterelle, 1936

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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La Guêpe, 1936

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La Guêpe, 1936

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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La Biche (Le Cerf), 1936

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La Biche (Le Cerf), 1936

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Jeune Sculpteur grec avec sa Sculpture: Un..., 1933

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Jeune Sculpteur grec avec sa Sculpture: Un..., 1933

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Reclining Woman and Picador with Guitar; The , 1962

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Reclining Woman and Picador with Guitar; The , 1962

Sale Date: April 27, 2021

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La ronde de la jeunesse (Der Reigen), 1961

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La ronde de la jeunesse (Der Reigen), 1961

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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Picador II, 1961

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Picador II, 1961

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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La Celestine, 1968

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La Celestine, 1968

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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Tros y Toreros, 1961

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Tros y Toreros, 1961

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Pl.149 and 188 from 'La Celestine', 1968

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Pl.149 and 188 from 'La Celestine', 1968

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Pl.1, 2, 7, 9, 11 and 12 from 'Le Cocu..., 1966

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Pl.1, 2, 7, 9, 11 and 12 from 'Le Cocu..., 1966

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Bull under the tree, 1952

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Bull under the tree, 1952

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Scène de séduction entre deux filles, avec..., 1971

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Scène de séduction entre deux filles, avec..., 1971

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Homme en Gilet Afghan songeant aux Amours..., 1968

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Homme en Gilet Afghan songeant aux Amours..., 1968

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Homme, Femme et Enfant, Etude pour le..., 1968

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Homme, Femme et Enfant, Etude pour le..., 1968

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Tête de femme No.6, portrait de Dora Maar, 1939

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Tête de femme No.6, portrait de Dora Maar, 1939

Sale Date: May 20, 2021

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Ritratto di Max Jacob, 1953

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Ritratto di Max Jacob, 1953

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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AU CABARET

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AU CABARET

Sale Date: April 30, 2021

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PITCHER, 1969, 1969

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PITCHER, 1969, 1969

Sale Date: April 30, 2021

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

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Picador (A.R. 160), 1952

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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