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Pablo Picasso. 1881-1973 Full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Picasso Ruíz. Father was a small time painter. Began training as a painter at age 7. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Pablo Picasso
• 1881-1973
• Full name is Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Picasso Ruíz.
• Father was a small time painter.
• Began training as a painter at age 7.
• Age 13 Picasso surpasses his father and father no longer paints. He puts all his time in developing Pablo’s talent.
• Attended the Royal Academy of San Fernando – an art school equivalent to the Italian school of Saint Luke.
• Picasso disliked taking orders so he dropped out.
• Was extremely fascinated with works by El Greco.
• Travels to Paris (The center for all art movements.)
• Gertrude Stein begins collecting Picasso works in 1905. He was 24. Stein is a very rich American family with both star and political influences.
• Henri Matisse was Picasso’s friend and greatest art rival.
• Picasso married twice and had many mistresses.
• Paints Guernica as a reminder of the horrors of war. (WWII)
• Member of the Communist party.
Styles
• Painted with pastels and oils, typically on cardboard and wood, in his early years.
• Developed the style of Cubism.
• Cubism takes ordinary pictures and turns them into geometric shapes thus allowing the viewer to see the figure from multiple angles.
• Dabbles in Surrealism.
• Surrealism – dream-like characteristics. Shock art (What can I do to draw interest?)
3 major periods
• Blue period – paints in all blues to express his depression over the death of his friend.
• Rose period – Either roses or a rose color. Represents a state of mind that has turned from depression to a state of joy.
• Cubism – art form based on geometrical shapes.
Autorretrato - Cubísmo
Mujer con un sombrero
Una chica con un barco
Guernica(His most famous work)
La tiolette
La tragedia
La vida
Les desmoiselles de A’vagon
Mujer con una flor
Pablo como payaso
El estudio con la cabeza de yeso
El sueño
Los amantes
Los acróbatas
La llorona
La guitarra
Mujer desnuda en una silla roja
Mujer con un cuervo
Autorretrato - joven
Garçon a la Pipe
