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)
Visage a la Grille (A. R. 351), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Visage a la Grille (A. R. 351), 1956

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Femme (A. R. 297), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Femme (A. R. 297), 1955

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Quatre Profils Enlaces (A. R. 88)

Pablo Picasso

Quatre Profils Enlaces (A. R. 88)

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Pablo Picasso, Chouette (A. R. 48), 1948

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso, Chouette (A. R. 48), 1948

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Profil de Jacqueline, (A. R. 385), 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline, (A. R. 385), 1956

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Petite Chouette (A. R. 82), 1949

Pablo Picasso

Petite Chouette (A. R. 82), 1949

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Il riposo dello scultore, 1881- 1973, 1881–1973

Pablo Picasso

Il riposo dello scultore, 1881- 1973, 1881–1973

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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Lampe Femme, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Lampe Femme, 1955

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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Face in oval, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face in oval, 1955

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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Tête d'Histrion (Le danseur)

Pablo Picasso

Tête d'Histrion (Le danseur)

Sale Date: December 18, 2020

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“Dans l'Atelier”, 1966, 1966

Pablo Picasso

“Dans l'Atelier”, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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“Modèle au Fume-Cigarette”, 22–10-66, 1966

Pablo Picasso

“Modèle au Fume-Cigarette”, 22–10-66, 1966

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Four Faces, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Four Faces, 1959

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Les Saltimbanques, 1922–1923

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Les Saltimbanques, 1922–1923

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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Le Carmen des Carmen, 1960

Pablo Picasso

Le Carmen des Carmen, 1960

Sale Date: December 11, 2020

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BOUQUET DE FLEURS Encre de Chine à la plume sur...

Pablo Picasso

BOUQUET DE FLEURS Encre de Chine à la plume sur...

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Frontispice Mourlot III, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Frontispice Mourlot III, 1956

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

After Pablo Picasso

Ronde de la Jeunesse au Soleil, 1959

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Le Bec de Gaz, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Le Bec de Gaz, 1945

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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L' Age De Soleil, 1950

Pablo Picasso

L' Age De Soleil, 1950

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Cabeza de cabra, 1957

Pablo Picasso

Cabeza de cabra, 1957

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Hommage à Mozart', after 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Hommage à Mozart', after 1956, 1956

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Pitcher (with two fauns), 1956, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Pitcher (with two fauns), 1956, 1956

Sale Date: December 10, 2020

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Joueur de Flûte et Cavalier, 1955–1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de Flûte et Cavalier, 1955–1956

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

Auction Closed

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