Pablo Picasso, born in Malaga, Spain in 1881, was the son of an art teacher who encouraged him into the art world, and quickly recognised his talent. After joining the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at the age of 14 Picasso progressed quickly and soon convinced others of his extraordinary talent and creativity as an artist.
The Blue and Rose Period represents Picasso's key periods from 1900 to 1906. The subjects of Picasso's paintings during his appropriately-titled blue period were symbolised as depressed and sad, or at least at the point of their capture in the paintings of Picasso. This period was superceded by a more positive reflection of subjects during Picasso's Rose Period which used a more pink set of tones.
Pablo Picasso became great friends with Henri Matisse upon moving to Paris in 1904 and here was introduced to French Fauvism. Other artists he met here include Joan Miro and George Braques.
Cubism was created by Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris, after the legacy of Paul Cezanne started to take effect. Its use of geometrical shapes is still popular today, and remains Picasso's biggest legacy.
Picasso's style developed into symbolism in his classics "Guernica", "Dying horse" and "Weeping woman". Guernica is a huge black and white canvas to represent the destruction of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
The Blue and Rose Period represents Picasso's key periods from 1900 to 1906. The subjects of Picasso's paintings during his appropriately-titled blue period were symbolised as depressed and sad, or at least at the point of their capture in the paintings of Picasso. This period was superceded by a more positive reflection of subjects during Picasso's Rose Period which used a more pink set of tones.
Pablo Picasso became great friends with Henri Matisse upon moving to Paris in 1904 and here was introduced to French Fauvism. Other artists he met here include Joan Miro and George Braques.
Cubism was created by Picasso, Braque and Juan Gris, after the legacy of Paul Cezanne started to take effect. Its use of geometrical shapes is still popular today, and remains Picasso's biggest legacy.
Picasso's style developed into symbolism in his classics "Guernica", "Dying horse" and "Weeping woman". Guernica is a huge black and white canvas to represent the destruction of a Basque village during the Spanish Civil War.
Guernica by Picasso remained at the museum of Modern Art, New York until 1981. After that it was taken to the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain and then the Queen Sofia Center of Art, also Madrid in 1992. Picasso had prevented the Guernica returning to Spain until the end of Fascist rule by General Franco.
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Tom Gurney covers Pablo Picasso, Cubist Art and all Picasso's famous paintings in his Pablo Picasso paintings. For other artists see his Pablo Picasso paintings.
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