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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Chouette vase, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Chouette vase, 1968

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Combat de gladiateurs, avec spectateurs, et..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Combat de gladiateurs, avec spectateurs, et..., 1970

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Homme rembranesque assis chez les filles, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme rembranesque assis chez les filles, 1968

Sale Date: March 2, 2024

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Deux Clowns, 1954

Pablo Picasso

Deux Clowns, 1954

Sale Date: February 21, 2024

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Le danseuse sur la table, 1960

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Le danseuse sur la table, 1960

Sale Date: January 30, 2024

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Nature Morte a la Guitare et Pulcinella, 1924

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Nature Morte a la Guitare et Pulcinella, 1924

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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L'Age de Soleil (Pour Roby), 1950

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L'Age de Soleil (Pour Roby), 1950

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Homme a la Pipe Assise sur un Tabouret, 1969

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Homme a la Pipe Assise sur un Tabouret, 1969

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Tete de Femme, 1938

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Tete de Femme, 1938

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Fillette au Tricycle, 1954

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Fillette au Tricycle, 1954

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Femme a la Collerette Bleue, 1941

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Femme a la Collerette Bleue, 1941

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Pigeons, 1943

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Pigeons, 1943

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Visage et Bacchanale, 1960

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Visage et Bacchanale, 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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La Tasse Noire, 1960

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La Tasse Noire, 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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La Tasse et la Pomme, 1960

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La Tasse et la Pomme, 1960

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Deux Masques, 1963

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Deux Masques, 1963

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Portrait Imaginaire 14/3/69, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portrait Imaginaire 14/3/69, 1969

Sale Date: February 21, 2024

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OISEAU NO.76, 1963

Pablo Picasso

OISEAU NO.76, 1963

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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POISSON, 1952

Pablo Picasso

POISSON, 1952

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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CHAR ROMAIN AVEC VIEIL ATHLÈTE ÉCUYÈRE,..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

CHAR ROMAIN AVEC VIEIL ATHLÈTE ÉCUYÈRE,..., 1968

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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Exceptional letter from Pablo Picasso to his , 1903

Pablo Picasso

Exceptional letter from Pablo Picasso to his , 1903

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Femme se coiffant, 1906

Pablo Picasso

Femme se coiffant, 1906

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Tete, tapestry project, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tete, tapestry project, 1950

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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Tete, tapestry project, 1950

Pablo Picasso

Tete, tapestry project, 1950

Sale Date: February 15, 2024

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