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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Homme au chapeau dessinant ā côté d'une..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme au chapeau dessinant ā côté d'une..., 1968

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Rêve éveillé du gentilhomme: Surprendre, en..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Rêve éveillé du gentilhomme: Surprendre, en..., 1968

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Femme une cueillant des fleurs, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Femme une cueillant des fleurs, 1962

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Wood-Owl, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Wood-Owl, 1968

Sale Date: March 18, 2021

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Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chèvre de profil, 1950, 1950

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Chouette Femme ( A.R.119) 1951., 1951

Pablo Picasso

Chouette Femme ( A.R.119) 1951., 1951

Sale Date: March 12, 2021

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Tre persone sul trampolino

Pablo Picasso

Tre persone sul trampolino

Sale Date: March 10, 2021

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Composition, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Composition, 1971

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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Grande Maternité, 1973

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Grande Maternité, 1973

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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156 series: Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two Nudes, 1971

Pablo Picasso

156 series: Degas in Top Hat Viewing Two Nudes, 1971

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Le Coucher de Soleil; Mougins A.M., 1969

Pablo Picasso

Le Coucher de Soleil; Mougins A.M., 1969

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and Gentleman, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Painter, Nude Model Wearing Hat and Gentleman, 1968

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Pour Henri Kahnweiler. Fumeur, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Pour Henri Kahnweiler. Fumeur, 1964

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

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Faunes et Flore, 1960

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (L'Atelier de..., 1958

Pablo Picasso

Dans l'Atelier de Picasso (L'Atelier de..., 1958

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Bouquet de Fleurs, 1958

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Bouquet de Fleurs, 1958

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Pablo Picasso

La Danse des Faunes, 1957

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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La Répétition, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La Répétition, 1954

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Colombe (à l'Arc de Ciel), 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe (à l'Arc de Ciel), 1952

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Le Départ, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Le Départ, 1951

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Le Viol VII, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Viol VII, 1933

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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Tête de femme au Chapeau

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Tête de femme au Chapeau

Sale Date: March 11, 2021

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MÉDAILLON 'FEMME AUX CHEVEUX DÉFAITS'

Pablo Picasso

MÉDAILLON 'FEMME AUX CHEVEUX DÉFAITS'

Sale Date: March 17, 2021

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