Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Introduction

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973) is best known Spanish painter of the twentieth century. He was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25, 1881. Although born in Spain, spent most of his life in France. Between eighteen and forty years, sculptures, drawings, several pieces of paper and ceramics. Picasso dominated all art forms to be Picasso established his reputation as the most extraordinary painter in Europe. He made many very different works and used many different styles. He is most famous for his paintings, but he also made the genius of the century. His painting went through several times. The painting style changed much over the years of his life. The blue period was an emphasis on death and sadness, the Rose Period was more serene, with an emphasis on young and fragile, and Cubism raised a new aesthetic concept that earned him worldwide fame.

Discussion

Between 1901 and 1904 Pablo Picasso alternated his residence between Madrid, Barcelona and Paris, while his painting entered the stage called Blue Period, heavily influenced by symbolism. In the spring of 1904, Picasso decided to move permanently to Paris and established a studio on the banks of the Seine. In Paris he befriended, among others, the poets Guillaume Apollinaire and Max Jacob and André Salmon playwright, in the meantime, his painting underwent a new development, characterized by a palette of earth colors tending and pink. Shortly after arriving in Paris came in contact with peripheral personalities and bohemian art world, as Americans Leo and Gertrude Stein, or what would be his forever dealer Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.

Towards the end of 1906 Pablo Picasso began working on a composition of great format that would change the course of twentieth century art: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon. In this masterpiece came together many influences, among which include such major African ...