Pablo Picasso3

Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. By the age of 15 he was already technically skilled in drawing and painting. Picasso's original style continuously evolved throughout his long career, and expanded the definition of what art could be. In addition to painting, he explored sculpture, ceramics and other art forms, and became one of the most influential artists of the 1900s.

Paintings from Picasso's blue period, which was from 1901 to 1904, depicted forlorn people painted in shades of blue, evoking feelings of sadness and alienation. The suicide of a fellow painter, Carles Casagemas, had a profound effect on Picasso, and it has been said that the tragic event precipitated the adoption of a predominately somber blue palette. An example of Picasso’s blue period paintings is “Woman with Bangs.” Th

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Guernica, which was painted in1937, is a masterpiece from this period depicts the terror of the bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish civil war. The simplicity of her surroundings and attire give emphasis to her face, with its expression of profound dejection.

Many Influences in Picasso’s life finally came together in a painting he worked on from early 1907 through July. These women are painted in straight lines and flat overlapping planes, or surfaces, making the women seem almost weightless. After filling seven sketchbooks and doing seventeen studies in preparation, he painted “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” and is considered the first Cubist painting. Both in composition and in theme, the work is reminiscent of Renaissance paintings of the Madonna. is painting symbolizes Picasso’s production in this period.

Following World War II, Picasso's work became less political and more gentle. To his time in history, Picasso gave his art a visual symbol of the human spirit in its search for truth, freedom, and perfection. Cubism spread throughout the Western World. Although Picasso’s cubism innovations first shocked both artists and viewers, thousands of artists and designers, and even architects, have been influenced by Cubism, and millions of viewers have attended his exhibitions.

By 1912 Picasso was incorporating newspaper print, postage stamps and other materials into his paintings.

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