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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Three Graces

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Three Graces

Sale Date: January 27, 2024

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Four Works from La Comedie Humaine, 1954

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Four Works from La Comedie Humaine, 1954

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette [Bloch 1998], 1971

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Belle jeune femme à sa toilette [Bloch 1998], 1971

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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Artist with Hat and Female Nude; Artist , 1953–1959

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Artist with Hat and Female Nude; Artist , 1953–1959

Sale Date: February 13, 2024

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Madame Ricardo Canals, 1966, 1966

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Madame Ricardo Canals, 1966, 1966

Sale Date: January 28, 2024

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Greek Flautist & Nude Dancer from La..., 1971

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Greek Flautist & Nude Dancer from La..., 1971

Sale Date: January 28, 2024

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Le Fumeur, Hommage a Henry Daniel..., 1964

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Le Fumeur, Hommage a Henry Daniel..., 1964

Sale Date: January 27, 2024

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Masque (A.R. 310),

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Masque (A.R. 310),

Sale Date: January 27, 2024

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Visage géométrique, 1956

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Visage géométrique, 1956

Sale Date: January 27, 2024

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L'homme au mouton

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L'homme au mouton

Sale Date: January 25, 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: January 31, 2024

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Nu au Bras Leve de Face, 1967

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Nu au Bras Leve de Face, 1967

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Femme en Vert et Mauve, 1947

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Femme en Vert et Mauve, 1947

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Au Cirque l'Ecuyere Brune (Bloch 1452, Baer..., 1967

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Au Cirque l'Ecuyere Brune (Bloch 1452, Baer..., 1967

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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La Baigneuses susprises, 1933

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La Baigneuses susprises, 1933

Sale Date: January 23, 2024

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La Femme aux des (Jacqueline) | 女性とさいころ(ジャクリーヌ)

Pablo Picasso

La Femme aux des (Jacqueline) | 女性とさいころ(ジャクリーヌ)

Sale Date: February 3, 2024

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Le Vieux Roi

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Le Vieux Roi

Sale Date: January 23, 2024

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”Dans l’Atelier”

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”Dans l’Atelier”

Sale Date: January 23, 2024

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Musicien | 音楽家, 1961

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Musicien | 音楽家, 1961

Sale Date: February 3, 2024

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Francoise | フランソワーズ, 1946

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Francoise | フランソワーズ, 1946

Sale Date: February 3, 2024

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Claude et Paloma, 1950

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Claude et Paloma, 1950

Sale Date: January 25, 2024

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Trabalhador a comer

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Trabalhador a comer

Sale Date: March 12, 2023

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Faune cavalier, 1956

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Faune cavalier, 1956

Sale Date: December 7, 2023

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Exposition peinture Vallauris, 1956, 1956

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Exposition peinture Vallauris, 1956, 1956

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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