Pablo Picasso

Spanish | 1881 - 1973

Pablo Picasso was a Spanish Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1881. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Fondation Beyeler, Basel and will be on exhibit at Pinakothek der Moderne in Chiemsee on May 10, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art have featured Pablo Picasso's work in the past.Pablo Picasso's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 179,365,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 179,365,000 USD for Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O'), sold at Christie's New York in 2015. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 693,507 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 68,662 USD.Pablo Picasso has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ArtDaily in April 2025. The artist died in 1973.

Artist's alternative names: Pablo Diego Jos茅 Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Mar铆a de los Remedios Cipriano de la Sant铆sima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Pablo Ruiz Picasso, Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, Picaso, Picasso

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Les déjeuners ,1961

By Pablo Picasso

Galeria Jordi Pascual

Visage ,1957

By Pablo Picasso

Galerie Bastian

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) "Les menines et la vie ,1958

By Pablo Picasso

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FEMME AU CHIEN

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Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') - Pablo Picasso

Les femmes d'Alger (Version 'O') ,1955

By Pablo Picasso

Femme nue couchée ,1932

By Pablo Picasso

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Tête de jeune fille ,1947

By Pablo Picasso

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Tête de jeune fille ,1947

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, Paris, with margins, framed - Pablo Picasso

, Paris, with margins, framed ,1921

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Complete portfolio of six etchings (the first with aquatint)

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White ceramic plate, 1956, with the Madoura Plein Feu, Empreinte Originale de Picasso and Edition Picasso pottery stamps on the underside - Pablo Picasso

White ceramic plate, 1956, with the Madoura Plein Feu, Empreinte Originale de Picasso and Edition Picasso pottery stamps on the underside ,1956

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Current Exhibitions

The Key to Dreams. Surrealist Masterpieces from the Hersaint Collection

Fondation Beyeler, Basel

Basel | Switzerland

Feb 16,2025 - May 04,2025

Dress Rehearsal: The Art Of Theatrical Design

Legion of Honor, FAMSF

San Francisco | California | USA

Nov 09,2024 - May 11,2025

In the Ring: Clowns, Pierrots, and acrobats

Mucem

Marseille | France

Dec 04,2024 - May 12,2025

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Articles

The New York Times 22/04/2025

An exhibition at Gagosian includes never-before-seen works from the personal collection of Paloma Picasso, who helped organize the show.

ArtDaily 20/04/2025

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is presenting Boom: Art and Design in the 1940s, an exhibition of over 250 works of sculpture, painting, fashion, photography, furniture and more, drawn entirely from the museum鈥檚 extensive collections.

My Modern Met 19/04/2025

For the eighth year, the art world descended on Palm Beach as Art Miami presented Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary (PBM+C).

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Coverage

鈥� ..Although perhaps best known for his Cubist paintings, Picasso was also a skilled printmaker, exploring myriad ideas and influences in virtually every known technique from intaglio to lithography... 鈥�
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National Gallery of Canada

鈥� ..Pablo Picasso is perhaps best known for his paintings, but his sculptures are among the most radical, thought-changing artworks of the modern period... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� .. Throughout his life, Picasso felt an attraction for the world of mythology, as demonstrated by his first drawing preserved; Hercules (1890), the legendary hero known for his superhuman strength... 鈥�
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Museu Picasso de Barcelona

鈥� ..Throughout his career, Picasso formulated and adapted an unprecedented variety of styles, yielding works ranging from neo-classical figure paintings to expressive drawings... 鈥�
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San Jose Museum of Art

鈥� ..Looking afresh at the late work in the context of Picasso's life at Notre-Dame-de-Vie and the political climate of the time reveals the great artist to have been as aware of, and responsive to, the upheavals... 鈥�
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Gagosian Gallery, New York (21st Street)