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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Buste de femme assise, 1962

Pablo Picasso

Buste de femme assise, 1962

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KERAMIKPLATTE MIT ABSTRAHIERTEM GESICHT

Pablo Picasso

KERAMIKPLATTE MIT ABSTRAHIERTEM GESICHT

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Pablo Picasso

KERAMIKTELLER MIT REITER UND STIER

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KERAMIKPLATTE MIT ABSTRAHIERTEM GESICHT

Pablo Picasso

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KERAMIKTELLER MIT STIER, 1956

Pablo Picasso

KERAMIKTELLER MIT STIER, 1956

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SCHALE „DREI TANZENDE

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SCHALE „DREI TANZENDE", 1957

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Tapis en laine tuftée à fond beige, décor...

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Tapis en laine tuftée à fond beige, décor...

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Le Carmen des Carmen, Prosper Mérimée, Louis , 1964

Pablo Picasso

Le Carmen des Carmen, Prosper Mérimée, Louis , 1964

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Sable mouvant. [Paris], Louis Broder, 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sable mouvant. [Paris], Louis Broder, 1966

Sale Date: December 14, 2020

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“现代艺术的创始人”毕加索（Pablo Picasso）亲笔签名手绘和平鸽

Pablo Picasso

“现代艺术的创始人”毕加索（Pablo Picasso）亲笔签名手绘和平鸽

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Joueur de Flute (A.r. 128), 1951

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de Flute (A.r. 128), 1951

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Fruits from Provance. Plate J, 1948

Pablo Picasso

Fruits from Provance. Plate J, 1948

Sale Date: December 17, 2020

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Courtisane au Lit avec un Visiteur, from..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Courtisane au Lit avec un Visiteur, from..., 1968

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Remarque pour le portrait de Picasso par..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Remarque pour le portrait de Picasso par..., 1956

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Peintre avec deux modèles (Bloch 1448; Baer , 1967

Pablo Picasso

Peintre avec deux modèles (Bloch 1448; Baer , 1967

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Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

Pablo Picasso

Antipodistes observés par une Paysanne et sa , 1966

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Revue Verve Vol. V Nos. 19-20, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Revue Verve Vol. V Nos. 19-20, 1954

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Fleurs dans un verreno. 6, from Picasso..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Fleurs dans un verreno. 6, from Picasso..., 1947

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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Oiseau sur la branche., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau sur la branche., 1952

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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Profil de Jacqueline., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Profil de Jacqueline., 1956

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Cavalier et cheval., 1952

Pablo Picasso

Cavalier et cheval., 1952

Sale Date: December 3, 2020

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