Pablo Picasso

(1881-1973)

Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain.

He was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, but most people know h

im simply as Picasso.

Picasso’s father was a realistic painter who often portrayed birds or wild game in his

work.

“Realism” is a technique in which the artist is true to life.

In his youth, Picasso also studied this form, moving into various mediums such as

painting, sculpture, drawing and architecture.

medium (n.) – form in which a message is conveyed

medium (adj.)- the middle range in size

Picasso made his first trip to Paris in 1900.

In 1905 he became friends with the famous American art collector Gertrude Stein, who introduced him to many influential French

painters.

Dora Maar au Chat (1941)This is just one of the many models, and lovers, that Picasso had in his lifetime. Others include: Fernande Olivier, Eva Gouel, Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Therese Walter, Franci

ose Gilot, and Sylvette David.

Picasso had 4 children to 3 different women.

Two of his lovers killed themselves after he died– Jacqueline Roque by gunshot and

Francoise Gilot by hanging.

It is said that Picasso did not have a physical relationship with Sylvette David, and the two simply in

spired one another.

This is one of Sylvette’s paintings entitled Devon. While she was establishing her career as an artist. Sylvette signed her work under her married name Lydia Corbett.

Once she became famous on her own accord, She added “Sylvette David” to her paintings along with her pseudony

m.

A pseudonym is a name somebody creates in order to remain anonymous, or

unknown.

In the past, pseudonyms were often used by female writers in order to sell their

books.

Anarchist, or antigovernment, writers often use pseudonyms as well to protect

themselves.

Femme Aux BrasBlue Period (1901-1904)

Garcon a la pipeRose Period (1904-1906)

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon African Period (1907-1909)

Three MusiciansCubism (1909-1912)

Analytic cubism (1909–1912) is a style of painting Picasso developed along with Georges Braque using monochrome brownish and neutral colors. Both artists took apart objects and “analyzed” them in terms of their shapes- Wikipedia

This is the art form for which Picasso is the most famous.

Picasso in Chicago1949

Picasso is known for his political paintings as well.

This painting is Guernica, and it is one of his most famous works.

It depicts the bombing of a Spanish City during the Spanish Civil War.

Massacre in KoreaKorean War