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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Black ground fish, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Black ground fish, 1952

Sale Date: December 2, 2020

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Face with grid, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Face with grid, 1956

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Wood-owl, 1969

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Wood-owl woman, 1951

Pablo Picasso

Wood-owl woman, 1951

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Face with black nose, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Face with black nose, 1969

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Femme laide devant la Sculpture d'une..., 1933

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Femme laide devant la Sculpture d'une..., 1933

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Bacchanale à l'acrobate, 1959

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Bacchanale à l'acrobate, 1959

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Untitled (Woman and Dog), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Untitled (Woman and Dog), 1954

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Carnaval 1967 (B. 1242; Ba. 1852), 1967

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Carnaval 1967 (B. 1242; Ba. 1852), 1967

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Bouteille gravée (A. R. 248), 1954

Pablo Picasso

Bouteille gravée (A. R. 248), 1954

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Lampe Femme (A. R. 299), 1955

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Lampe Femme (A. R. 299), 1955

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Motif spiralé (A.R. 404), 1957

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Motif spiralé (A.R. 404), 1957

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Visage (A. R. 290): 3 ceramics, 1955

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Visage (A. R. 290): 3 ceramics, 1955

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Poisson bleu (A. R. 180), 1953

Pablo Picasso

Poisson bleu (A. R. 180), 1953

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (B. 712; M. , 1952

Pablo Picasso

Colombe Volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (B. 712; M. , 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Oiseau à la huppe (A. R. 173), 1952

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Oiseau à la huppe (A. R. 173), 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Oiseau sur la branche (A. R. 175), 1952

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Oiseau sur la branche (A. R. 175), 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Pigeon blanc Fond noir (B. 420; M. 65), 1947

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Pigeon blanc Fond noir (B. 420; M. 65), 1947

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Chouetton (A. R. 135), 1952

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Chouetton (A. R. 135), 1952

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Chouette (A. R. 543), 1968

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Chouette (A. R. 543), 1968

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Chouette (A.R. 603), 1969

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Chouette (A.R. 603), 1969

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Hibou, verre et fleur (B. 1272; M. 282), 1956

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Hibou, verre et fleur (B. 1272; M. 282), 1956

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Jeune couple, vieux couple, spectateur, avec , 1968

Pablo Picasso

Jeune couple, vieux couple, spectateur, avec , 1968

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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Homme barbu songeant à une scène des mille..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme barbu songeant à une scène des mille..., 1968

Sale Date: November 23, 2020

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