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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La Célestine en action: Le Pigeon (Célestine , 1968

Pablo Picasso

La Célestine en action: Le Pigeon (Célestine , 1968

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Deux femmes se reposant (Two Women Resting), , 1931

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes se reposant (Two Women Resting), , 1931

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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La Famille de saltimbanques au macaque, from , 1905

Pablo Picasso

La Famille de saltimbanques au macaque, from , 1905

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Le Verre d'absinthe (Absinthe Glass), 1972

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Le Verre d'absinthe (Absinthe Glass), 1972

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Buste au corsage à carreaux (Bust with Check , 1958

Pablo Picasso

Buste au corsage à carreaux (Bust with Check , 1958

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

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Ronde de la Jeunesse, 1961

Sale Date: April 24, 2024

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Joueur de Flute et Cavaliers

Pablo Picasso

Joueur de Flute et Cavaliers

Sale Date: April 29, 2024

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Nature Morte aux Citrons et Oranges, 1936

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Nature Morte aux Citrons et Oranges, 1936

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Tête de Jeune Fille, 1949

Pablo Picasso

Tête de Jeune Fille, 1949

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Pablo Picasso

La Danse du Berger (Tanz der Hirten), 1959

Sale Date: March 26, 2024

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Nature morte à la cuillère, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Nature morte à la cuillère, 1952

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Le Ballet

Pablo Picasso

Le Ballet

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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L'Aigle Blanc

Pablo Picasso

L'Aigle Blanc

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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A pencil signed lithograph

Pablo Picasso

A pencil signed lithograph

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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La comédie Humaine, 1954

Pablo Picasso

La comédie Humaine, 1954

Sale Date: April 16, 2024

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A 'Vase aux Chèvres' faience vase, 1952

Pablo Picasso

A 'Vase aux Chèvres' faience vase, 1952

Sale Date: April 17, 2024

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Masque Ramié 310, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Masque Ramié 310, 1956

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Picador

Pablo Picasso

Picador

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Medallion

Pablo Picasso

Medallion

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Dance of the Faun

Pablo Picasso

Dance of the Faun

Sale Date: April 13, 2024

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Petit carre au soleil (A. R. 631), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Petit carre au soleil (A. R. 631), 1971

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Ovale au cheval (A. R. 622), 1971

Pablo Picasso

Ovale au cheval (A. R. 622), 1971

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Visage (A. R. 611), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage (A. R. 611), 1969

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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Visage aux points (A. R. 610), 1969

Pablo Picasso

Visage aux points (A. R. 610), 1969

Sale Date: April 18, 2024

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