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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VISAGE (A.R 288) Brocca, 1955

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE (A.R 288) Brocca, 1955

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VISAGE (A.R 288) Brocca per Madoura, Francia, 1955

Pablo Picasso

VISAGE (A.R 288) Brocca per Madoura, Francia, 1955

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Les Saltimbanques, 1922

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Les Saltimbanques, 1922

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Maternité, 1930

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Maternité, 1930

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Picador et taureau. I (Bloch 1350; Baer..., 1947

Pablo Picasso

Picador et taureau. I (Bloch 1350; Baer..., 1947

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Peintre dessinant et modèle nu au chapeau..., 1965

Pablo Picasso

Peintre dessinant et modèle nu au chapeau..., 1965

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Danaé (Bloch 1084; Baer 1286), 1962

Pablo Picasso

Danaé (Bloch 1084; Baer 1286), 1962

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Sculpture. Tête de Marie-Thérèse (Bloch 250; , 1933

Pablo Picasso

Sculpture. Tête de Marie-Thérèse (Bloch 250; , 1933

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Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette..., 1933

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Minotaure aveugle guidé par une fillette..., 1933

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from..., 1931

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Quatre femmes nues et tête sculptée, from..., 1931

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Homme dévoilant une femme, from the Vollard..., 1931

Pablo Picasso

Homme dévoilant une femme, from the Vollard..., 1931

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Visage de Marie-Thérèse (Bloch 95; Baer 243; , 1928

Pablo Picasso

Visage de Marie-Thérèse (Bloch 95; Baer 243; , 1928

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Le Repas Frugal, from La Suite des..., 1904

Pablo Picasso

Le Repas Frugal, from La Suite des..., 1904

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Vallauris., 1956

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Vallauris., 1956

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Le Cavalier., 1968

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Le Cavalier., 1968

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L'Arrivée du Chevalier., 1951

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L'Arrivée du Chevalier., 1951

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Le Repas Frugal., 1904

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Le Repas Frugal., 1904

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La Danse des Faunes., 1957

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La Danse des Faunes., 1957

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Vase à deux anses hautes, 1952

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Vase à deux anses hautes, 1952

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Vase à deux anses hautes

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Vase à deux anses hautes

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Joueur de flûte et chèvre plaque (Terre de..., 1956

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de flûte et chèvre plaque (Terre de..., 1956

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Visage, 1928, 1928

Pablo Picasso

Visage, 1928, 1928

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Portrait Imaginaire, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portrait Imaginaire, 1969

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Degas chez les filles. Première apparition..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Degas chez les filles. Première apparition..., 1971

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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