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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Peintre espagnol faisant le portrait d'une..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre espagnol faisant le portrait d'une..., 1968

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Ritratto di Max Jacob, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Ritratto di Max Jacob, 1953

Sale Date: February 26, 2021

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Grande Maternité, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Grande Maternité, 1963

Sale Date: February 26, 2021

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Sculptor in front of his harness, with a..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Sculptor in front of his harness, with a..., 1965

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso "Venus & Love", 1949

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

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Glazed ceramic plate

Pablo Picasso

Glazed ceramic plate "Bird".

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

Pablo Picasso

CÔTE D'AZUR. 1962, 1962

Sale Date: August 27, 2020

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ART EXHIBITIONS.] Group of 11 posters...., 1961–1971

Pablo Picasso

ART EXHIBITIONS.] Group of 11 posters...., 1961–1971

Sale Date: February 18, 2021

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Composition, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Composition, 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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sin titulo

Pablo Picasso

sin titulo

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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Cendrier “Oiseau au ver”, circa 1952, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Cendrier “Oiseau au ver”, circa 1952, 1952

Sale Date: February 20, 2021

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Dibujos de Picasso (B. 1292; M. 337), 1961

Pablo Picasso

Dibujos de Picasso (B. 1292; M. 337), 1961

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage à la fraise (A. R. 625), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Visage à la fraise (A. R. 625), 1971

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage aux cercles (A. R. 612), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux cercles (A. R. 612), 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage aux points (A. R. 610), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux points (A. R. 610), 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage aux yeux rieurs (A. R. 608), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux yeux rieurs (A. R. 608), 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Chouette (A. R. 603), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Chouette (A. R. 603), 1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage à la barbiche (A. R 601), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage à la barbiche (A. R 601), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Cavalier et cheval (A. R. 595), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et cheval (A. R. 595), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Cavalier et cheval (A. R. 594), 1968

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et cheval (A. R. 594), 1968

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage au trait oblique (A. R. 589), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au trait oblique (A. R. 589), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage au trait oblique (A. R. 587), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au trait oblique (A. R. 587), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Visage au nez vert (A. R. 584), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage au nez vert (A. R. 584), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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Tête de chouette (A. R. 581), 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Tête de chouette (A. R. 581), 1968–1969

Sale Date: February 23, 2021

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