Pablo Picasso, born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, was the son of an art teacher who encouraged him into the art world, and quickly recognised his talent. After joining the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the age of 14 Picasso progressed quickly and soon convinced others of his extraordinary talent and creativity as an artist.
The Blue and Rose Period represents Picasso's key periods from 1900 to 1906. The subjects of Picasso's paintings during his appropriately-titled blue period were symbolised as depressed and sad, or at least at the point of their capture in the paintings of Picasso. This period was superceded by a more positive reflection of subjects during Picasso's Rose Period which used a more pink set of tones.
Pablo Picasso moved to Paris permanently in 1904. Being the world's capital of arts, Paris helped introduce Picasso to other famous artists such as Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and George Braques. Henri Matisse in particular became a great friend to Picasso and they stayed close friends.
Picasso's new direction led to the creation of the Cubist movement, in conjunction with other famous artists George Braque and Juan Gris. Cubism is based on construction through geometrical shapes. In later years, Synthetic Cubism was developed, incorporating various views of an object together.
Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 as a protest against an air attack during the Spanish Civil War and is one of his best known paintings, not only for its quality, but also what it symbolised. His symbolic styles were continued in Dying horse and Weeping woman.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
The Blue and Rose Period represents Picasso's key periods from 1900 to 1906. The subjects of Picasso's paintings during his appropriately-titled blue period were symbolised as depressed and sad, or at least at the point of their capture in the paintings of Picasso. This period was superceded by a more positive reflection of subjects during Picasso's Rose Period which used a more pink set of tones.
Pablo Picasso moved to Paris permanently in 1904. Being the world's capital of arts, Paris helped introduce Picasso to other famous artists such as Henri Matisse, Joan Miro and George Braques. Henri Matisse in particular became a great friend to Picasso and they stayed close friends.
Picasso's new direction led to the creation of the Cubist movement, in conjunction with other famous artists George Braque and Juan Gris. Cubism is based on construction through geometrical shapes. In later years, Synthetic Cubism was developed, incorporating various views of an object together.
Picasso painted Guernica in 1937 as a protest against an air attack during the Spanish Civil War and is one of his best known paintings, not only for its quality, but also what it symbolised. His symbolic styles were continued in Dying horse and Weeping woman.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
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Tom Gurney covers Pablo Picasso, Cubist Art and all Picasso's famous paintings in his Pablo Picasso prints. For other artists see his Pablo Picasso Art & Picasso Paintings.
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