Pablo Picasso 

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What is Cubism? 

Pablo Picasso

Self Portrait

• Pablo Picasso was born more than 120 years ago (1881) in Spain.

• Pablo Picasso made many pieces of art during his lifetime.

• His work is often divided into three main periods.

Blues Period

(1901–1904)

Rose Period

(1904–1906)

Cubism Period

(1909–1912)

The Old Guitarist

• Gloomy and Dark

• Monochromatic

•Tints and shades of blue and blue-green

Femme aux Bras Croisés

Pablo Picasso – Blue Period

Garçon à la Pipe

Pablo Picasso – Rose Period• Characterized by a more Cheery Style

• Painted many images of Circus Life

• Reds, Oranges and Pinks

Acrobat and Young Harlequin

Picasso developed Cubism along with another artist, George Braque. The two artists worked side by side during the cubism period.

One of the primary goals of cubism was to depart from the traditional understanding of perspective and space.

What is Cubism?

Pablo Picasso – Cubism Period

Pablo Picasso – Cubism Period

Traditional Painting

Cubism

Abstract

Simplified Geometric Shapes

Rearranged

More than One Point of View

Sometimes Had a Broken Mirror Effect

Pablo Picasso – Cubism Period

Characteristics of Cubism

Abstract: Does not look like real life

Self-Portrait

Pablo Picasso

Simplified Geometric Shapes

HarlequinThe Three Musicians

Pablo Picasso

Jacqueline with Crossed Hands

RearrangedPortrait of Marie-Thérèse Girl with a Boat

Pablo Picasso

More Than One Point of View

Nusch Éluard

Girl with a Boat

Pablo Picasso

Broken Mirror Effect

Portrait of Kahnweiler

Pablo Picasso

Abstract

Simplified Geometric Shapes

Rearranged

More than One Point of View

Sometimes Had a Broken Mirror Effect

Characteristics of Cubism

Pablo Picasso – Cubism