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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Peintre avec couple et enfant (Painter with..., 1968

Pablo Picasso

Peintre avec couple et enfant (Painter with..., 1968

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Maison close, trois filles au repos, dont..., 1971

Pablo Picasso

Maison close, trois filles au repos, dont..., 1971

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Deux femmes (Two Women), plate 62 from Série , 1971

Pablo Picasso

Deux femmes (Two Women), plate 62 from Série , 1971

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

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Colombe volant (à l'Arc-en-ciel) (Flying..., 1952

Sale Date: January 18, 2024

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Côte d'Azur; Galerie Beyeler; L'art et..., 1962–1971

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Côte d'Azur; Galerie Beyeler; L'art et..., 1962–1971

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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60 Years of Graphic Works exhibition poster, 1966

Pablo Picasso

60 Years of Graphic Works exhibition poster, 1966

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Oiseau au ver ashtray, 1952

Pablo Picasso

Oiseau au ver ashtray, 1952

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Le vieux roi, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Le vieux roi, 1959

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

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Vénus et l'amour voleur de miel (d'après..., 1957

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Sous les feux de la rampe: Femme nue entre..., 1966

Pablo Picasso

Sous les feux de la rampe: Femme nue entre..., 1966

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

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Portraits Imaginaires, 1969

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Fumeur de pipe et femme retroussant son jupon, 1966

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Fumeur de pipe et femme retroussant son jupon, 1966

Sale Date: January 10, 2024

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Ohne Titel, 1960

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Ohne Titel, 1960

Sale Date: November 21, 2023

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Taureau sous l'arbre [Bull under the tree], 1952

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Taureau sous l'arbre [Bull under the tree], 1952

Sale Date: November 28, 2022

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Pendentif sculpture

Pablo Picasso

Pendentif sculpture "Visage de Faune"

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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Pendentif sculpture

Pablo Picasso

Pendentif sculpture "Visage de Faune"

Sale Date: January 17, 2024

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TROIS FEMMES NUES ET UNE COUPE D'ANÉMONES,..., 1933

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TROIS FEMMES NUES ET UNE COUPE D'ANÉMONES,..., 1933

Sale Date: January 10, 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: January 2, 2024

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Pablo Picasso

Aus: "La Célestine", 1968–1971

Sale Date: January 2, 2024

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L'Atelier de Cannes, 1956

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L'Atelier de Cannes, 1956

Sale Date: January 2, 2024

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Visages, 1967

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Visages, 1967

Sale Date: January 7, 2024

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”Peintre et modèle avec un spectateur”, 1965

Pablo Picasso

”Peintre et modèle avec un spectateur”, 1965

Sale Date: January 7, 2024

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Rider and Horse, J-224, Model created..., 1968–1969

Pablo Picasso

Rider and Horse, J-224, Model created..., 1968–1969

Sale Date: December 19, 2023

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“Le Vieux Roi”, 1959

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“Le Vieux Roi”, 1959

Sale Date: January 3, 2024

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