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 d'homme, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Visage d'homme, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: February 19, 2021

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Carré à la danseuse, 1971, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Carré à la danseuse, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: February 19, 2021

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Losange au danseur et à la biche, 1971, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Losange au danseur et à la biche, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: February 19, 2021

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Carré aux danseurs B, 1971, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Carré aux danseurs B, 1971, 1971

Sale Date: February 19, 2021

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Le Fumeur (Hommage à Henry-Daniel Kahnweiler), 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Fumeur (Hommage à Henry-Daniel Kahnweiler), 1964

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Le Torero Blessé, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Le Torero Blessé, 1956

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Le Faune, 1958

Pablo Picasso

Le Faune, 1958

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Shakespeare, 1965

Pablo Picasso

Shakespeare, 1965

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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Jeune Sculpteur au Travail (Young Sculptor..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

Jeune Sculpteur au Travail (Young Sculptor..., 1933

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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Cruchon Hibou Pitcher

Pablo Picasso

Cruchon Hibou Pitcher

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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On the Beach, I (Two Nude Women) from Quatre , 1921

Pablo Picasso

On the Beach, I (Two Nude Women) from Quatre , 1921

Sale Date: February 13, 2021

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VASE wood-owl with feathers, 1951

Pablo Picasso

VASE wood-owl with feathers, 1951

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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DOS CONTES. PARIS-BARCELONE, EDITORIAL ALBOR, 1947

Pablo Picasso

DOS CONTES. PARIS-BARCELONE, EDITORIAL ALBOR, 1947

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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SHAKESPEARE. PARIS, ÉDITIONS CERCLE D'ART, 1965

Pablo Picasso

SHAKESPEARE. PARIS, ÉDITIONS CERCLE D'ART, 1965

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Max Jacob écrivant. 7- 09-1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Max Jacob écrivant. 7- 09-1956, 1956

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Ecce Homo d'après Rembrandt.

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Ecce Homo d'après Rembrandt.

Sale Date: July 29, 2020

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Femme se coiffant, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Femme se coiffant, 1968

Sale Date: April 29, 2020

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Vase deux anses hautes, le Roi, 1952

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Vase deux anses hautes, le Roi, 1952

Sale Date: July 8, 2020

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Têtes, 1953

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Têtes, 1953

Sale Date: July 8, 2020

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Corrida soleil, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Corrida soleil, 1953

Sale Date: February 26, 2020

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso "Tauromachie" Plate, Madoura (A.R.

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso "Pichet Espagnol" Vessel (A.R. 244)

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso "Pichet Anse Prise" Vessel (A.R....

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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Pablo Picasso Etching, Signed Edition

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso Etching, Signed Edition

Sale Date: February 6, 2021

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