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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Pablo Picasso (99,446 results)
Jeune Homme au Masque de Taureau, Faune et..., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Jeune Homme au Masque de Taureau, Faune et..., 1934

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Sculpteur et Trois Danseuse sculptées, pl...., 1934

Pablo Picasso

Sculpteur et Trois Danseuse sculptées, pl...., 1934

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Le Viol, V, pl. 49 from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Le Viol, V, pl. 49 from La Suite Vollard, 1933

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Trois Femmes nue près d'une Fenêtre, pl. 43..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Trois Femmes nue près d'une Fenêtre, pl. 43..., 1933

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Femme nue à la jambe pliée, pl. 8 from La..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Femme nue à la jambe pliée, pl. 8 from La..., 1931

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Peintre devant son Tableau, from Le..., 1927

Pablo Picasso

Peintre devant son Tableau, from Le..., 1927

Sale Date: March 24, 2021

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Nude

Pablo Picasso

Nude

Sale Date: March 8, 2021

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Circle with Face, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Circle with Face, 1971

Sale Date: March 8, 2021

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Picasso Lithographe I, II, III, and IV, Fernand...

Pablo Picasso

Picasso Lithographe I, II, III, and IV, Fernand...

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Le Vieux Roi (The Old King), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le Vieux Roi (The Old King), 1959

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Taureau sous l'arbre (A.R. 159) andPicador..., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Taureau sous l'arbre (A.R. 159) andPicador..., 1952

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Quatre Danseurs (A.R. 314), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Quatre Danseurs (A.R. 314), 1956

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Jouer de Flûte et Chevre (A.R. 382), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Jouer de Flûte et Chevre (A.R. 382), 1956

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Lampe Femme (A.R. 299), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe Femme (A.R. 299), 1955

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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Chouette (A.R. 602), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (A.R. 602), 1969

Sale Date: March 13, 2021

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JACOB (Max)Chronique des temps héroïques., 1956

Pablo Picasso

JACOB (Max)Chronique des temps héroïques., 1956

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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HUGNET (Georges)Non vouloir., 1942

Pablo Picasso

HUGNET (Georges)Non vouloir., 1942

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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BUFFON (Georges-Louis, comte de) et PICASSO..., 1942

Pablo Picasso

BUFFON (Georges-Louis, comte de) et PICASSO..., 1942

Sale Date: March 9, 2021

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Le Peintre et sa Palette, 1967

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Le Peintre et sa Palette, 1967

Sale Date: March 6, 2021

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Portrait d'Homme au Chapeau, 1970

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Portrait d'Homme au Chapeau, 1970

Sale Date: March 6, 2021

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Portrait of Marie Therese Walter, 1927–1928

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Portrait of Marie Therese Walter, 1927–1928

Sale Date: March 6, 2021

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Tre figure sul trampolino, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Tre figure sul trampolino, 1956

Sale Date: February 28, 2021

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Figure, 1929

Pablo Picasso

Figure, 1929

Sale Date: February 28, 2021

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Bull, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Bull, 1952

Sale Date: February 28, 2021

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