Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain in 1881 and died in France in 1973. His dad was a drawing and painting teacher. Picasso was a brilliant student although he didn't like school.
Picasso's work is divided into different periods. The most important one is The Cubism. He worked with Georges Braque and they experimented with breaking the visual world into geometrical figures. They also experimented with the idea of creating an image as if it was seen from different angles at the same time.
His most important painting is probably the 'Guernica': it depicts the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War and it describes through different symbols the absurdity of the war, the suffering it inflicts upon individuals especially innocent civilians. He leaves to everybody's interpreation the meaning of the symbols. The Guernica has become a reminder of the tragedy of war.
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
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Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain and died on April 8, 1973 in Mougins, France. He was the son of an art and drawing teacher and a brilliant student.
He worked on different fields: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics.
Picasso's art is classified into periods:
Blue period (1901-1904)
This period consists of somber paintings in shades of blue and blue-green. Many paintings of gaunt mothers with children belong to this period. Blindness is also a recurrent theme of this period.
Rose period (1904-1906)
This period is characterized by a more cheery style with orange and pink colours, and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins.
Cubism (1909-1912)
This is a style that Picasso developed along George Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and 'analyzed' them in terms of their shapes.
Classicism and Surrealism
During the 1930s the minotaur replaced the harlequin as the motif of his work. Arguably Picasso's most famous work is his depiction of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war. The public who look at the symbols must interpret them as they understand them. The Guernica is now exhibited at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
He worked on different fields: painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and ceramics.
Picasso's art is classified into periods:
Blue period (1901-1904)
This period consists of somber paintings in shades of blue and blue-green. Many paintings of gaunt mothers with children belong to this period. Blindness is also a recurrent theme of this period.
Rose period (1904-1906)
This period is characterized by a more cheery style with orange and pink colours, and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins.
Cubism (1909-1912)
This is a style that Picasso developed along George Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and 'analyzed' them in terms of their shapes.
Classicism and Surrealism
During the 1930s the minotaur replaced the harlequin as the motif of his work. Arguably Picasso's most famous work is his depiction of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity, brutality and hopelessness of war. The public who look at the symbols must interpret them as they understand them. The Guernica is now exhibited at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid.
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
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