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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Gros couple et petit chien poilus, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Gros couple et petit chien poilus, 1968

Sale Date: January 24, 2024

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Homme moyenâgeux au cirque, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Homme moyenâgeux au cirque, 1968

Sale Date: January 24, 2024

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(PICASSO, PABLO.) Sabartes, Jaime. Picasso:...

Pablo Picasso

(PICASSO, PABLO.) Sabartes, Jaime. Picasso:...

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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VERVE. Vol. VIII, Nos 29 et 30. Suite de 180...

Pablo Picasso

VERVE. Vol. VIII, Nos 29 et 30. Suite de 180...

Sale Date: October 26, 2023

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COLOMBE DE LA PAIX / DOVE OF PEACE, 1950

Pablo Picasso

COLOMBE DE LA PAIX / DOVE OF PEACE, 1950

Sale Date: January 21, 2024

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Tête de femme tournée à droite, 1933

Pablo Picasso

Tête de femme tournée à droite, 1933

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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One plate, from Imaginary Portraits, 1969

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One plate, from Imaginary Portraits, 1969

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Face no. 179, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Face no. 179, 1963

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Tête de Roi, 1951

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Tête de Roi, 1951

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Two plates, from Imaginary Portraits , 1969

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Two plates, from Imaginary Portraits , 1969

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes , 1958

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Mes Dessins D'Antibes , 1958

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec sa..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Peintre au sabot et au chausson avec sa..., 1971

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Etreinte III, 1963

Pablo Picasso

Etreinte III, 1963

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Vieil Homme et Femme, plate 137, from Séries , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Vieil Homme et Femme, plate 137, from Séries , 1971

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Fille au Bracelet, avec Degas les mains dans , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Fille au Bracelet, avec Degas les mains dans , 1971

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Femme de face: Jours de Gloire, 1945

Pablo Picasso

Femme de face: Jours de Gloire, 1945

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Scène bucolique avec Amour en haut à gauche, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Scène bucolique avec Amour en haut à gauche, 1955

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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L'Ecuyère, 1960

Pablo Picasso

L'Ecuyère, 1960

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Two plates, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide , 1930

Pablo Picasso

Two plates, from Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide , 1930

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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One cut plate, from Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Pablo Picasso

One cut plate, from Sueño y mentira de Franco, 1937

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I, 1936

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de Dora Maar au Chignon I, 1936

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Femme Torero, V, 1934

Pablo Picasso

Femme Torero, V, 1934

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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Paloma and Claude , 1950

Pablo Picasso

Paloma and Claude , 1950

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés, 1961

Pablo Picasso

A Los Toros avec Picasso by Jaime Sabartés, 1961

Sale Date: January 19, 2024

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