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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Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, 1956

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Harlequin, from Barcelona Suite, 1966

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Harlequin, from Barcelona Suite, 1966

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La Danseuse Nain from the Barcelona Suite, 1966

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La Danseuse Nain from the Barcelona Suite, 1966

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Polichinelle avec une bicyclette d'acrobate..., 1968

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Polichinelle avec une bicyclette d'acrobate..., 1968

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Visage No. 111, 1963

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Visage No. 111, 1963

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Têtes, 1956

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Têtes, 1956

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Le vautour, from Eaux-fortes Originales pour , 1936

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Le vautour, from Eaux-fortes Originales pour , 1936

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Vénus et un Amour

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Vénus et un Amour

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Picador plate, 1953

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Picador plate, 1953

Sale Date: January 22, 2021

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Femme Echevelee plate, 1963

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Femme Echevelee plate, 1963

Sale Date: January 22, 2021

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Vase au Decor Pastel, 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase au Decor Pastel, 1953

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

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Femmes à leur toilette, avec Degas rêvant,..., 1971

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Peintre et sa toile, avec une spectatrice..., 1966

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Peintre et sa toile, avec une spectatrice..., 1966

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Homme Rembranesque à la pipe, Pl.257 from..., 1968

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Homme Rembranesque à la pipe, Pl.257 from..., 1968

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L'Étreinte V, 1963

Pablo Picasso

L'Étreinte V, 1963

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Maison close, Degas avec son album,..., 1971

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Maison close, Degas avec son album,..., 1971

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from 'Imaginary Portraits'

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from 'Imaginary Portraits'

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Deux Femme Regardant un Modèle nu, 1923

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Deux Femme Regardant un Modèle nu, 1923

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L'Homme au Chien, 1914

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L'Homme au Chien, 1914

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La Pique, 1950

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La Pique, 1950

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Les Pauvres, Pl.3 from 'La Suite des..., 1905

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Les Pauvres, Pl.3 from 'La Suite des..., 1905

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Salomé, Pl.14 from 'La Suite des..., 1905

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Salomé, Pl.14 from 'La Suite des..., 1905

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Harlequin, 1966

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Harlequin, 1966

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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Harlequin, 1966

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Harlequin, 1966

Sale Date: November 28, 2020

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