Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, known as Pablo Picasso, Born 25 October 1881 in Malaga Spain and died 8 April 1973, aged 91 in Mougins, France was one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. Picasso is known for bringing the cubist movement into the world of art. Cubism was a movement in the 20th century in which the perspective was changed from a single viewpoint and the natural forms of things were turned abstract; simple geometric structures with vibrant colors were placed together to create a picture. When Picasso was 14, he and his family moved to Barcelona, Spain where he applies to the School of Fine arts and was accepted but began skipping class so that he could roam the streets of Barcelona, sketching the city scenes he observed. He moved all across the country at a young age but at the end of the 20th century he moved to France to open his own studio. Along with cubism Picasso also went through other period called the blue period when he was depressed and the rose period when he fell in love. One of Picasso’s most famous pieces of work is the weeping woman; this piece of work was painted in the year 1937 on an oil canvas. This is an example of cubist artwork. The colors in this portrait are very vibrant and all contrast with each other; the colors are also very bold and blocked in. Picasso’s use of cubism in this portrait makes this piece of work almost uncomfortable to look at as the mood in the picture is thought provoking. This portrait is somewhat confusing because you are unsure what to think when you look at it. The focal point of this portrait is the…
Pablo Picasso: Responsible for the cubist movement, inventor of sculpture, collage and other important styles.…
Political activism has been an essential part of Pablo Picasso’s life. Picasso was a member of the French communist party until his death in 1973, therefore he acted as a public figure as well as an artist. He created art that reveals a truth about the world and humanity, in order to liberate the oppressed. His art could care less about portraying exact replicas of ornamental beauty, because he thought it was a distraction from achieving justice.…
The incredible inspiration, Pablo Picasso once said, “He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.” Pablo Picasso was a very successful painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and playwright who led a very odd life with some extremely interesting aspects.…
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.…
Many artists express their emotions through their emotions through their art making and the finished art will reflect on that specific emotion, other artists may make an image with the hope of creating an emotional response in the viewer. Pablo Picasso creates artwork that does both. Pablo is a painter, paint maker, sculptor, stage designer and poet. He was born on October 28th 1881 in Spain, Picasso started showing his passion and skill for drawing from an early age, at age 10 he created his first ever painting and since then he had created more than 20,000 other pieces of art.…
The artist named Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, better known as Diego Rivera, was and remains a prominent Mexican painter. Diego Rivera was born on the 8th of December 1886 in Guanajuato, Mexico and died on November 24, 1957 in Mexico City Mexico. Recognizing their son’s artistic abilities, at twelve years old Rivera was enrolled at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts (Souter, 2). Two years after graduation the government sponsored Rivera to continue his studies in Europe.…
Salvador Dali was born on May 11, 1904 in Figueres, Spain. He was one of the most influential surrealist painters in the world and vowed not to be forgotten. He had a very eccentric personality that went along very well with his painting style. Salvador Dali’s style of painting was so eccentric that he was expelled from the surrealist movement, but that did not stop him from painting.…
Pablo Picasso was a very famous painter, he was considered as one of the greatest painters in the 20th century. He was born in spain in 1881, his father was an art teacher. In 1891, Picasso studied at the Institute da Guarda in north spain, where his father, educated students about art. Picasso was exposed to several forms of art, including literature. In 1895, Picasso's sister, Conchita, died. After that his family moved to Barcelona where he attended more classes in La Lonja.…
Pablo Picasso was born in Màlaga, Spain, in 1881. Picasso was raised by his mother Doña Maria and his father Don Josè Ruiz Blasco. Picasso's father was an art teacher and started teaching him how to draw as a child. "By the time he was 13 years old, his skill level had surpassed his fathers" ("Pablo Picasso Biography"). Attending school was a challenge for Picasso because all he wanted to do was doodle and that caused him to get in trouble. "In 1895, when Picasso was 14 years old, he moved with his family to Barcelona, Spain. Picasso…
Picasso, a Spanish artist and sculptor, was generally considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. Picasso 's genius manifested itself early: at the age of 10 he made his first paintings, and at 15 he performed brilliantly on the entrance examinations to Barcelona 's School of Fine Arts.…
On May 11th, 1904 Salvador Dali was born. Growing up, Dali, lived in Figueres, Spain with his mother, Felipa Domenech Ferres, his father, Salvador Dali i Cusi, and his sister, Ana Maria. Throughout his childhood, Dali favored his mother because she encouraged his creativity. When Dali was around the age of fifteen his mother died of breast cancer. .He later on become one of the most recognized artists of the twentieth century. Dali was widely known for his surrealism art work. Dali became famous in the 1920s. During Dali's art career he created over 200 pieces of art (Smithsonian.com).…
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a famous artist known for numerous achievements. He was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25th, 1881. Pablo’s parents were Jose Ruiz y Blanco and Maria Picasso y Lopez. They had a middle class family. Pablo’s father, Jose, was a painter.…
During this time, he met with some other famous artists, such as Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and Pablo Picasso (Souter). In his early years Rivera’s work was greatly influenced by a style of art known as cubism. This form of art was created by Pablo Picasso and George Braque around 1910. This style of art reduced objects into geometric forms then would align the objects back in a shallow space using many separate points.…
Many of Picasso’s works are influenced by his father who was a painter, for the death of his close friend Carlos Casagemas, and also for the World War I (Spanish civil war-Guernica). Picasso’s love for art was somewhat genetic. His father, Jose Ruiz Blasco, was a painter as well and he loved art. Picasso was quick to express his desire for art. Picasso’s father began teaching him to draw and paint from early childhood, and by the time he was 13 years old his painting were already better than his father’s. He lost all desire to do any schoolwork and instead spent the school days…