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, 1971

Pablo Picasso

TÊTE, 1971

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RAPHAEL ET LA FORNARINA XII (BL.1787), 1968

Pablo Picasso

RAPHAEL ET LA FORNARINA XII (BL.1787), 1968

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AU THÉÂTRE:FEMME NUE ENTRE UN JEUNE HOMME ET , 1966

Pablo Picasso

AU THÉÂTRE:FEMME NUE ENTRE UN JEUNE HOMME ET , 1966

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Le Bouquet, 1969

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Le Bouquet, 1969

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Femme dans un Fautieul, 1948

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Femme dans un Fautieul, 1948

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Buste de Femme au Foulard Mauve, 1937

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Buste de Femme au Foulard Mauve, 1937

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Minotaure et femme derrière un rideau, from..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Minotaure et femme derrière un rideau, from..., 1933

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Grand Tête (Portrait de Jacqueline aux..., 1962

Pablo Picasso

Grand Tête (Portrait de Jacqueline aux..., 1962

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Deux profils face à face, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Deux profils face à face, 1934

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Sculpteur avec coupe et modèle accroupi,..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur avec coupe et modèle accroupi,..., 1933

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Tête de femme, de Profil, from La suite des..., 1905

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme, de Profil, from La suite des..., 1905

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Modèle nu et sculptures, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Modèle nu et sculptures, from La Suite Vollard, 1933

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Femme au bandeau, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Femme au bandeau, 1962

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Vingt Poèmes: six plates, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Vingt Poèmes: six plates, 1947

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Le Repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse, , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Repos du sculpteur devant le petit torse, , 1933

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Le Peintre, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Le Peintre, 1966

Sale Date: April 15, 2021

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Eau-forte 14 mai 1968Ⅰ, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Eau-forte 14 mai 1968Ⅰ, 1968

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Formella in terracotta bianca con..., 1950–1959

Pablo Picasso

Formella in terracotta bianca con..., 1950–1959

Sale Date: April 13, 2021

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Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 108), 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil (A.R. 108), 1950

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Bouquet à la pomme (A.R. 307), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Bouquet à la pomme (A.R. 307), 1956

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Nu couché au collier (recto) ; Deux têtes..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Nu couché au collier (recto) ; Deux têtes..., 1970

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Projet de couverture,

Pablo Picasso

Projet de couverture, "À quatre pattes le..., 1959

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Table et mandoline (Joueur de mandoline), 1911–1912

Pablo Picasso

Table et mandoline (Joueur de mandoline), 1911–1912

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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Portrait de Norman Granz, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Norman Granz, 1969

Sale Date: April 14, 2021

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