Artist: Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso• He was a Spanish modern artist,

born in 1881

• His father was an artist and at age 7 his father taught him oil painting and figure drawing

• When he was 16 he went to Madrid, Spain to study at Spain’s best art school

• At 19 he moved to Paris. Paris was considered the art capital of Europe at that time

• Throughout his life he created oil paintings, sculptures, drawings, etchings, collages & rugs

• During his life no other artist was as famous as him

• He died in 1973, at 91 years old

• Some of his paintings are among the most expensive in the world

• His work is divided into 4 periods:1. The Blue Period 2. The Rose Period3. The African-Influenced Period4. The Cubism Period

Pablo Picasso

More About Pablo Picasso’s Work

• The Blue Period (1901-1904)– sad looking paintings using blue and

green colors

• The Rose Period (1905-1907)– a happier style with orange and pink

colors

• The African-Influenced Period (1908-1909)– a style influenced by African sculpture

• The Cubism Period (1909-1919)– a style of painting where objects of the

painting subject are broken up and repainted in an abstract form

– he co-founded this style of art with Georges Braque, a French artist

The Picasso (1967)

• This famous and well known sculpture is in Daley Plaza in Chicago

• It is 50 feet tall and weighs 162 tons

• Picasso refused to be paid for his work, he wanted to make it a gift

• Notice how the face and body are distorted and dislocated, the basketwork structure connecting the minimal facial contours with huge steel wing like structures for the hair

The Picasso (1967)