Pablo Picasso: Most Influential Artist Of The 20th Century

Pablo Picasso known as one the most influential artist of the 20th century. Picasso began life as a prodigy to his father who was an art teacher and painter himself taught him to draw. It is said that by the time Picasso surpassed his own father’s skill by the time he was age 13. Picasso attended many different art institutions in Spain and France but he didn’t stay long nor did he graduate, due to him feeling as though school teachings didn’t fully allow him to be an artist so he would skip and travel inner city where he would continue to draw. Picasso began his adult career life back in Barcelona where he opened his own art studio. This was at the turn of the 20th century when he began to leave behind much of his classical method, where he began to experiment with his art which led to his fame. His art career has many different periods where he engulfed different style within each. The first period of Picasso is known as the Blue Period between the years 1900 and 1904. It is noted that during this time he was very lonely and depressed from the loss of one of his close friends. He painted scenes of poverty,
During this time until 1906, Picasso art style shifted in a completely opposite direction. This period is known as the Rose Period. He had overcame the depression he was suffering previously and that was shown through his art work. There were no blues and greens of depression and loneliness, he shifted to the use of cheerful orange, red, and pink colors. It was a huge contrast to what we had seen to be somber times of his Blue Period. Picasso life had dramatically changed and you could see that in the expression of his art. He was no longer living a poverty life but he was becoming quite famous and rich from many of his wealthy supporters. His most famous paintings from this time include "Family at Saltimbanques" (1905), "Gertrude Stein" (1905-06) and "Two Nudes"