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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Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Marie-Thérèse, 1928, 1962

Sale Date: March 23, 2021

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Femme nue et guerrier, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue et guerrier, 1969

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Au coin du feu, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Au coin du feu, 1959

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Tête de femme, 1967

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Tête de femme, 1967

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Le peintre et son modèle, 1970

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Le peintre et son modèle, 1970

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Portrait imaginaire

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Portrait imaginaire

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Notre Dame de Vie (Portrait d'homme), 1966

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Notre Dame de Vie (Portrait d'homme), 1966

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Vallauris Peinture et Lumière, Xe anniversaire

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Vallauris Peinture et Lumière, Xe anniversaire

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Portraits imaginaires, 1970

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Portraits imaginaires, 1970

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Taureau et Picador

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Taureau et Picador

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Tête de taureau, 1958

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Tête de taureau, 1958

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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La danse des faunes, 24 mai 1957, 1957

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La danse des faunes, 24 mai 1957, 1957

Sale Date: March 31, 2021

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Taureau et picador, 1956

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Taureau et picador, 1956

Sale Date: March 26, 2021

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Visage Noir, 1948

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Visage Noir, 1948

Sale Date: March 26, 2021

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Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1964

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Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, 1964

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Tête d'homme (Papiers collés), 1966

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Tête d'homme (Papiers collés), 1966

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Papiers collés, 1966

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Papiers collés, 1966

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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La Chévre, 1952

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La Chévre, 1952

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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JAIME SABARTÈS:

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JAIME SABARTÈS: "A los toros" mit Picasso (bk...

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

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Frédéric Joliot-Curie, 1959

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Le Lézard (aus: Buffon), 1942

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Le Lézard (aus: Buffon), 1942

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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L'Ane (aus: Buffon), 1942

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L'Ane (aus: Buffon), 1942

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Femme nue à la jambe pliée (Blatt 8 aus: La..., 1931

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Femme nue à la jambe pliée (Blatt 8 aus: La..., 1931

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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Teller Visage No. 46, 1963

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Teller Visage No. 46, 1963

Sale Date: March 20, 2021

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