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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MOTIF SPIRALE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 404), 1957

Pablo Picasso

MOTIF SPIRALE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 404), 1957

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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VISAGE AUX TACHES, VISAGE MAT (ALAIN RAMIÉ..., 1956

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VISAGE AUX TACHES, VISAGE MAT (ALAIN RAMIÉ..., 1956

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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VISAGE GÉOMÉTRIQUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 344), 1956

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VISAGE GÉOMÉTRIQUE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 344), 1956

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PROFIL DE TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 315), 1956

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PROFIL DE TAUREAU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 315), 1956

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BOUQUET Á LA POMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 305), 1956

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BOUQUET Á LA POMME (ALAIN RAMIÉ 305), 1956

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VASE AU BOUQUET (ALAIN RAMIÉ 304), 1956

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VASE AU BOUQUET (ALAIN RAMIÉ 304), 1956

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VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 288), 1955

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VISAGE (ALAIN RAMIÉ 288), 1955

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HIBOU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 253), 1954

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HIBOU (ALAIN RAMIÉ 253), 1954

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PICHET GRIS GRAVÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 246), 1954

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PICHET GRIS GRAVÉ (ALAIN RAMIÉ 246), 1954

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PICHET AUX ARUMS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 189), 1953

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PICHET AUX ARUMS (ALAIN RAMIÉ 189), 1953

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L'ÉCUYÈRE (BLOCH 999; MOURLOT 333), 1960

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L'ÉCUYÈRE (BLOCH 999; MOURLOT 333), 1960

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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LES DANSEURS AU HIBOU (BLOCH 936; BAER 1256), 1959

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LES DANSEURS AU HIBOU (BLOCH 936; BAER 1256), 1959

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

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LE VIEUX ROI (BLOCH 869; MOURLOT 317), 1959

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DANSE DE FAUNES (BLOCH 830; MOURLOT 291), 1957

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DANSE DE FAUNES (BLOCH 830; MOURLOT 291), 1957

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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PICASSO DESSINS D'UN DEMI-SIÈCLE (SEE CRAMER , 1956

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PICASSO DESSINS D'UN DEMI-SIÈCLE (SEE CRAMER , 1956

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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EXPOSITIONS 55 VALLAURIS (BLOCH 1268;..., 1955

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EXPOSITIONS 55 VALLAURIS (BLOCH 1268;..., 1955

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LE CHANDAIL BRODE (BLOCH 729), 1953

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LE CHANDAIL BRODE (BLOCH 729), 1953

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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LES DEUX FEMMES NUES (BLOCH 390; MOURLOT 16), 1946

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LES DEUX FEMMES NUES (BLOCH 390; MOURLOT 16), 1946

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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FEMME ASSISE ET FEMME DE DOS (BLOCH 206), 1934

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FEMME ASSISE ET FEMME DE DOS (BLOCH 206), 1934

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LE BAIN (BLOCH 12), 1905

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LE BAIN (BLOCH 12), 1905

Sale Date: April 20, 2021

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Männerakt

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Männerakt

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Le Festin

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Le Festin

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Couple et Enfant

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Couple et Enfant

Sale Date: April 17, 2021

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Visage au nez vert (AR 585), 1968

Pablo Picasso

Visage au nez vert (AR 585), 1968

Sale Date: May 5, 2021

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