Francis Picabia

French | 1879 - 1953

Francis Picabia was a French Impressionist & Modern painter who was born in 1879. Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like SMK, National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum have featured Francis Picabia's work in the past.Francis Picabia's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 10 USD to 10,990,955 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 10,990,955 USD for Pavonia, sold at Sotheby's Paris in 2022. In the past 12 months, their paintings have averaged 500,120 USD, while their works on paper have sold for an average of 25,288 USD.Francis Picabia has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Wallpaper in September 2025. The artist died in 1953.

Artist's alternative names: F. Picabia, Francesco Maria Martinez de Picabia de la Torre, Francis Marie Mart铆nez Picabia鈥�, Francis Martinez de Picabia鈥�, Francis-Marie Marti虂nez Picabia de la Torre

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Francis Picabia Exhibition Lecture by Andr茅 Breton

Francis Picabia Exhibition Lecture by André Breton ,1922

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Unique Museal Set of Original 20th C. 35mm Art Slides PICABIA

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Portrait de femme ,1939

By Francis Picabia

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MÉDÉA ,1929

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Current Exhibitions

Assembly Lines: Modernism and Machines

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

Charlotte | North Carolina | USA

18 Oct, 2025 - 02 Feb, 2026

Postures: Jean Rhys in the Modern World

Michael Werner, London

Mayfair | London | UK

12 Sep, 2025 - 22 Nov, 2025

Dénonce-Moi

Dépendance

Brussels | Belgium

04 Sep, 2025 - 13 Dec, 2025

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鈥� ..Hardly any other 20th century artist possesses an 艙uvre as divergent as that of Picabia... 鈥�
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Galerie Michael Haas

鈥� ..Picabia enjoyed this modernist moment, this mash-up of sensuality and austerity, flesh and machine... 鈥�
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The Art Institute of Chicago

鈥� ..Picabia remains a hotly debated figure among the great artists of the 20th century, owing to his distinctive eclecticism and persistent, deliberate contradictions... 鈥�
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Kunsthaus Zürich

鈥� ..Picabia鈥檚 consistent inconsistencies, his appropriative strategies, and his stylistic eclecticism, along with his skeptical attitude, make him especially relevant for contemporary artists, and his career... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� ..Classicizing creations such as de Chirico's enigmatic piazzas, Picasso's postcubist women, L茅ger's mechanized nudes, and Picabia's "transparencies" made the arts of antiquity modern... 鈥�
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J. Paul Getty Museum at The Getty Villa

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