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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Brocca grigia con incisioni (A.R. 246), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Brocca grigia con incisioni (A.R. 246), 1954

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Dormeuse et Flûtiste (Baer B.292.III.C), 1933

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Dormeuse et Flûtiste (Baer B.292.III.C), 1933

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Courtisane au Lit avec un Visiteur, from..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Courtisane au Lit avec un Visiteur, from..., 1968

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

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Plaisanterie autour du bain turc, jeux,..., 1971

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Revue Verve Vol. V Nos. 19-20, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Revue Verve Vol. V Nos. 19-20, 1954

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Taureau, 1952

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Taureau, 1952

Sale Date: October 11, 2020

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L'Écuyère, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Écuyère, 1960

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1952

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Vallavris Exposition, 1952

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

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Vallavris Exposition, 1953

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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La colombe de la paix

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La colombe de la paix

Sale Date: May 6, 2021

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Un éventail, 1962

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Un éventail, 1962

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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A LOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO, 1961

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A LOS TOROS AVEC PICASSO, 1961

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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Le repos du sculpteur devant le jeune..., 1933–1939

Pablo Picasso

Le repos du sculpteur devant le jeune..., 1933–1939

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Taureau et chevaux dans l'arène, 1933–1939

Pablo Picasso

Taureau et chevaux dans l'arène, 1933–1939

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Famille de saltimbanques, 1933–1939

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Famille de saltimbanques, 1933–1939

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Visage (A. R. 288), 1955

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Visage (A. R. 288), 1955

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Taureau sous l’Arbre (Alain Ramié 159), 1952

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Taureau sous l’Arbre (Alain Ramié 159), 1952

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Quatre poissons polychromes (Alain Ramié 31), 1947

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Quatre poissons polychromes (Alain Ramié 31), 1947

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II (see..., 1962

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Jacqueline au chapeau à fleurs. II (see..., 1962

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Deux danseurs (Alain Ramié 380), 1956

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Deux danseurs (Alain Ramié 380), 1956

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Hibou rouge sur fond noir (Alain Ramié 399), 1957

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Hibou rouge sur fond noir (Alain Ramié 399), 1957

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Femme au chignon (Bloch 853; Mourlot 310), 1957

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Femme au chignon (Bloch 853; Mourlot 310), 1957

Sale Date: April 23, 2021

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Femme au Chignon, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Femme au Chignon, 1957

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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