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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Trois personnages sur tremplin plaque, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Trois personnages sur tremplin plaque, 1956

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Woman in Red Armchair

Pablo Picasso

Woman in Red Armchair

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from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

Pablo Picasso

from IMAGINARY PORTRAITS | 「想像の中の肖像」より

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Face (pitcher) | Face(ピッチャー), 1955

Pablo Picasso

Face (pitcher) | Face(ピッチャー), 1955

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347 Series No.201 | 347シリーズ No.201, 1968

Pablo Picasso

347 Series No.201 | 347シリーズ No.201, 1968

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Portrait d'homme, 1967

Pablo Picasso

Portrait d'homme, 1967

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Le peintre et le modèle, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Le peintre et le modèle, 1971

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Portrait de femme, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portrait de femme, 1969

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Portrait, chouette, 1969

Pablo Picasso

Portrait, chouette, 1969

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Le peintre et le modèle, 1971

Pablo Picasso

Le peintre et le modèle, 1971

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Portrait de barbu

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Portrait de barbu

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Le hibou, 1947

Pablo Picasso

Le hibou, 1947

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Tête de faune

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Tête de faune

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Petite fleur

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Petite fleur

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Petite tête

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Petite tête

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Grand portrait

Pablo Picasso

Grand portrait

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Pour mon ami Brassaï Picasso le 20. 12. 64, 1964

Pablo Picasso

Pour mon ami Brassaï Picasso le 20. 12. 64, 1964

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Têtes, 1956

Pablo Picasso

Têtes, 1956

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Centaure de profil

Pablo Picasso

Centaure de profil

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Centaure de profil

Pablo Picasso

Centaure de profil

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Caballeros con mujer desnuda, 1968

Pablo Picasso

Caballeros con mujer desnuda, 1968

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Torero y señorita, 1960

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Torero y señorita, 1960

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Après l'examen: le père remmène son fils,..., 1970

Pablo Picasso

Après l'examen: le père remmène son fils,..., 1970

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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Portraits imaginaire (Imaginary Portraits):..., 1969

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