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-Pablo Picasso
Picasso was not only an extremely influential artist but was also politically active. He lived to be 92 years old and his life grew to be incredibly famous. He stood apart from the crowd, standing by his own political views even if they were not the “norm” at the time. Picasso was also a free thinker with his artwork. He had a unique style and due to this, he became the first artist to have fame during his lifetime.
Picasso was born in 1881, Malaga, Spain. His parents Don Jose Ruiz and Dona Maria Lopez named him Pablo Ruiz Picasso. Pablo Picasso was baptized at the Iglesia de Santiago. Picasso was declared a “delicate child” due to an illness that affected his kidneys in the time between 1881-1890. He was sent to a private school where he never gained a full grasp of the alphabet or arithmetic. During this time he began to draw and paint under his father’s tuition.
He overcomes his “delicate” description and enters secondary school and social activities with enthusiasm. He also shows this enthusiasm with his artwork.
During the blue period (1901-1903) Picasso’s paintings focus
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Cubism began as an intellectual revolt against the artistic expression of previous eras. One could say she represents the evil of the physical world. Critics and viewers often misunderstood early Cubist paintings, because they were thought to be merely geometric art. Picasso’s paintings and drawing from the late 1905 are more emotionally detached than those of the Blue and Rose Periods.
The drawing it self is a very morbid scene.
Picasso’s painting projects a pessimistic outlook, expressed not only in the symbolism of the figures but also in its cold, blue tones.
On April 26th 1937, massive airs raid by the German Luftwaffe on the Basque town of Guernicia in north Spain Shocked the world. By the late thirties, Picasso was the most famous artist in the world. There is a strong similarity in the dramatic clashing of light and dark tones and the overhead light source. This drawing may seem to one that it is somewhat realistic because of how Picasso empathized with circus performers. One may believe he thought that he was like them because he was there to entertain the public with his paintings just like clowns hiding behind their face paint, not showing their real feelings and having to be happy and make others happy.
The painting became a timely and prophetic vision of the Second World War.
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