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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LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT UNE BACCHANALE..., 1933

Pablo Picasso

LE REPOS DU SCULPTEUR DEVANT UNE BACCHANALE..., 1933

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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La guerre et la paix

Pablo Picasso

La guerre et la paix" ("Pour Dominique Sassi"), 1961

Sale Date: August 12, 2020

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Sueño y mentira de Franco

Pablo Picasso

Sueño y mentira de Franco

Sale Date: September 23, 2020

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Pablo Picasso in his studio

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso in his studio

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

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Pablo Picasso in his studio

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso in his studio

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La Tauromaquia o arte de torear

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La Tauromaquia o arte de torear

Sale Date: June 15, 2020

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Jeune fille et vieille femme, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Jeune fille et vieille femme, 1960

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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Un picador et deux femmes, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Un picador et deux femmes, 1960

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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Estudio para L'homme au mouton

Pablo Picasso

Estudio para L'homme au mouton", 1967

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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La Chèvre, 1950

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La Chèvre, 1950

Sale Date: January 18, 2021

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Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau à la huppe, 1952

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Large bird, Picasso(花瓶)Large bird, Picasso..., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Large bird, Picasso(花瓶)Large bird, Picasso..., 1953

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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Vase with pastel decoration(花瓶)Vase with..., 1953

Pablo Picasso

Vase with pastel decoration(花瓶)Vase with..., 1953

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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Four faces(ピッチャー)Four faces (pitcher), 1959

Pablo Picasso

Four faces(ピッチャー)Four faces (pitcher), 1959

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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Face(ピッチャー)Face (pitcher), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face(ピッチャー)Face (pitcher), 1955

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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347シリーズ No.311347 Series No.311, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347シリーズ No.311347 Series No.311, 1968

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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347シリーズNo.272347 Series No.272, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347シリーズNo.272347 Series No.272, 1968

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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156シリーズNo.78156 Series No.78, 1971

Pablo Picasso

156シリーズNo.78156 Series No.78, 1971

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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抱擁 VIIEtreinte VII, 1963

Pablo Picasso

抱擁 VIIEtreinte VII, 1963

Sale Date: January 16, 2021

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Repos. Deux filles bavardant (Rest. Two..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Repos. Deux filles bavardant (Rest. Two..., 1971

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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La Fête de la patronne, avec un amour..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

La Fête de la patronne, avec un amour..., 1971

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Portrait imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portrait imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Femme assise en tailleur: Geneviève Laporte..., 1951

Pablo Picasso

Femme assise en tailleur: Geneviève Laporte..., 1951

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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Tête de femme No. 3 (Head of a Woman..., 1939–1942

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme No. 3 (Head of a Woman..., 1939–1942

Sale Date: January 21, 2021

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