"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward, you can remove all traces of reality." -- Pablo Picasso Picasso is known for his abstract paintings and is described as a modern artist. Ideas expressed in the handout "Modernism" are used to describe Pablo Picasso's...

Pablo Picasso is one of the most famous Modern artists of the twentieth century. Picasso's work followed the style of Cubism. Cubism was a non-objective style of painting developed in Paris in the early twentieth century. It was characterized by reducing and fragmenting natural forms into abstra...

Analytical and Synthetic Cubism are phases of a painting style created by Pablo Picasso and George Braque. Analytical Cubism was developed from 1907 to 1912, and Synthetic Cubism developed from 1912-1914. In this period, both artists worked closely together, competing in creating the next innovati...

My artist's name is Diego Rivera, and he is a Mexican painter who made murals on social themes and who was one of Mexico's greatest artists. He was born in Guanajuato and went to school at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City. He studied painting in Europe between 1907 and 1921...