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Guernice, 1937, oil on canvas, 3.5 x 7.8m Museo del Prado, MadridNamed after a Spanish Basque town bombed during the Civil War by the Fascists. This portrays Picasso's loathing of violence. It use to be in the Museum of Modern Art, New York but in 1981 was returned to Prado, Madrid as with Picasso's request upon a democratic Spain.
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Child with Dove
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Les Demoiselles D'avignon
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Video: Picasso: The Man and His Work, Part 2 - 1938-1973 (1976) -- Pablo Picasso; VHS Biography - Pablo Picasso: A Primitive Soul (2000) -- Biography, Pablo Picasso; VHS Surviving Picasso (1996) -- Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone; VHS English
DVD: Picasso Trigger (1989) -- DVD Picasso (1985) -- DVD Immoral Tales (1974) -- DVD Keep Case
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October 25: Pablo Ruiz Picasso is born to Don José Ruiz Blasco (1838-1913) and Dońa María Picasso y López (1855-1939) in Málaga, Spain, at 36 Plaza de la Merced (a.k.a. Plaza de Riego). He was the son of a drawing master, under whom he began his study of art. Picasso is recognized as a major contributor to the art of the 20th century because of the brilliant manner in which he visualized his objects and scenes. He began painting in the city of Corunna in 1891. In 1895, and up until 1904, he painted in Barcelona; however, during this time, he made his first trip to Paris, where he was greatly influenced by the artwork of Toulouse-Lautrec. From 1900 to 1907, Picasso completed his first two artistic periods: the Blue Period and the Rose Period. Both periods reflect his visions of society at the time. The scenes and people depicted were usually impoverished, and he tended to focus on the outcasts of society. In 1906, Picasso met Henri Matisse who was to become his longtime friend. Picasso admired Matisse's Fauvist style, but would not copy it, concentrating instead on simplifying his forms rather than dealing with color issues. Shortly afterward, Picasso began to work with Georges Braque and Joan Miro, starting the movement known as Cubism. As an artistic movement, Cubism is the exact reproduction of an image seen from a variety of perspectives at the same time. Picasso's Cubist works were somewhat more emotional than many Cubist-style paintings. He tended to give creative life to the feelings of anguish and despair he was experiencing at the time. One of his most celebrated artistic pieces is Guernica. This piece utilized mythological subjects as prototypes. Some of these subjects included the Minotaur, the Dying Horse, and the Weeping Woman. Guernica was produced for the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1937 and clearly depicted Picasso's thoughts and emotions regarding the Spanish Civil War. In his later years, Picasso devoted himself to drawing, printmaking, sculpture and ceramics. The 1996 exhibition "Picasso and Portraiture," drew record breaking attendance to The Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
``The art of painting original arrangements composed of elements taken from conceived rather than perceived reality.''After Cubism, the world never looked the same again: it was one of the most influential and revolutionary movements in art. The Spaniard Pablo Picasso and the Frenchman Georges Braque splintered the visual world not wantonly, but sensuously and beautifully with their new art. They provided what we could almost call a God's-eye view of reality: every aspect of the whole subject, seen simultaneously in a single dimension. The Cubist movement in painting was developed by Picasso and Braque around 1907 and became a major influence on Western art. The artists chose to break down the subjects they were painting into a number of facets, showing several different aspects of one object simultaneously. The work up to 1912 is known as Analytical Cubism, concentrating on geometrical forms using subdued colors. The second phase, known as Synthetic Cubism, used more decorative shapes, stencilling, collage, and brighter colors. It was then that artists such as Picasso and Braque started to use pieces of cut-up newspaper in their paintings.
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