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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Colombe volant (a l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe volant (a l'Arc-en-ciel), 1952

Sale Date: April 10, 2021

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Peintre avec deux modeles regardant une..., 1927

Pablo Picasso

Peintre avec deux modeles regardant une..., 1927

Sale Date: April 10, 2021

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A LA MEMOIRE DE JULIUS ET ETHEL ROSENBERG,..., 1953

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A LA MEMOIRE DE JULIUS ET ETHEL ROSENBERG,..., 1953

Sale Date: April 15, 2021

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LA PIQUE, 1959 (Baer, 1227.A; Bloch, 908), 1959

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LA PIQUE, 1959 (Baer, 1227.A; Bloch, 908), 1959

Sale Date: April 15, 2021

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Portrait de Maya au Bateau

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Portrait de Maya au Bateau

Sale Date: April 13, 2021

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Picador, 1947

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Picador, 1947

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Peintre et Modèle

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Peintre et Modèle" aus "Suite de 15 dessins..., 1953

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Nue et homme masqué

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Nue et homme masqué" aus "Suite de 15..., 1954

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Weiblicher Akt und Pierrot aus

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Weiblicher Akt und Pierrot aus "Suite de 15..., 1954

Sale Date: March 25, 2021

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant une Bacchanale..., 1933

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Le Repos du Sculpteur devant une Bacchanale..., 1933

Sale Date: April 1, 2021

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette (B. 1998), 1971

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette (B. 1998), 1971

Sale Date: April 1, 2021

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L'Abreuvoir (Chevaux au bain), 1905

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L'Abreuvoir (Chevaux au bain), 1905

Sale Date: April 1, 2021

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Picador

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Picador" , 1952, 1952

Sale Date: April 11, 2021

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Oiseau au Ver

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Oiseau au Ver" , 1952, 1952

Sale Date: April 11, 2021

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Le Viol.V )Umarmung), 1933

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Le Viol.V )Umarmung), 1933

Sale Date: April 10, 2021

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues (Blatt 11 der..., 1932

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Flûtiste et trois femmes nues (Blatt 11 der..., 1932

Sale Date: April 24, 2021

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Vénus et l'Amour (after Cranach), 2nd..., 1949

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Vénus et l'Amour (after Cranach), 2nd..., 1949

Sale Date: May 4, 2021

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HOMME-CHIEN ET FEMME, AVEC UNE PETITE..., 1970

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HOMME-CHIEN ET FEMME, AVEC UNE PETITE..., 1970

Sale Date: April 1, 2021

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Danseuse Espagnole, Madrid, 1901, 1901

Pablo Picasso

Danseuse Espagnole, Madrid, 1901, 1901

Sale Date: April 2, 2021

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Visage n° 59, le modèle créé en [1963], 1963

Pablo Picasso

Visage n° 59, le modèle créé en [1963], 1963

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Taureau, le modèle créé le [30 janvier 1954], 1954

Pablo Picasso

Taureau, le modèle créé le [30 janvier 1954], 1954

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Picador, le modèle créé en [1955], 1955

Pablo Picasso

Picador, le modèle créé en [1955], 1955

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Oiseau sur la branche, le modèle créé en..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche, le modèle créé en..., 1952

Sale Date: April 9, 2021

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Petit déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Petit déjeuner sur l’herbe, d’après Manet, 1962

Sale Date: April 7, 2021

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