10/25/1881 4/8/1973 Malaga, Spain Mougins, France

Which one of the following artists was not 84 when he died? A. Salvador Dalí B. Edward Hopper C. Norman Rockwell D. Pablo Picasso $100, Question

“We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth is given to us to understand.” Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso/photos taken by Gjon Mill 1949 for Life Magazine

José Ruiz Blasco ( ) Artist

Maria Picasso y Lopez ) Picasso grew up in a matriarchal home. This household consisted of his mother, 2 sisters, 2 aunts, his grandmother and a maidservant.

Pablo & Lola

Lola (1899)

Conchita Picasso/Died Jan 10 th 1895/Age 8

Pact with God When Picasso’s young sister was dying, he prayed to God that he would never pick up a brush again if He let Conchita live. He was torn between wanting her saved and wanting her dead so that his gift would be saved. When she died, he decided that God was evil and destiny an enemy. His guilt was enormous. He came to believe that he had powers that could affect the world around him. After Conchita’s death, the family moved to Barcelona.

Picasso in studio

Thread Spinners/Diego Veláquez

Las Meninas

Picasso’s Las Menina’s Painter more important than rest of painting.

The First Communion

Picasso settled in Paris in He was fascinated by the city’s Bohemian streets. He expressed that human misery by portraying blind figures, beggars, and alcoholics in his paintings. It was at this time that he also experienced the death of a close friend. Hence, the various shades of blue that dominated his work for the next few years. What famous Surrealist painter was born in 1904?

Self-Portrait

The Old Guitarist

Boy With Dog

Le Gourmet 1901

The Tragedy 1903

Woman with Crow 1904

Celestina (1904)

The Visit (Two Sisters 1902)The Blind Man

The Beggar

Picasso meets Fernande Olivier, the first of many companions to influence the theme, style, and mood of his work. This happy relationship changed his palette to pinks and reds. Many of the paintings that he painted during this period were drawn from the circus, which he visited several times a week.

Lady With Fan (1905)

Harlequin Family (1905)

Family of Saltimbanques (1905)

Circus Acrobats and Ape (1905)

Paulo his son as Harlequin (1924)

George Braque Pablo Picasso along with George Braque painted landscapes made of “little cubes,” leading to the term cubism. The two worked together from One of the primary goals of cubism was to depart from the traditional understanding of perspective and spatial cues. Surrealist Paul Eluard said of Picasso, he paints like God or the devil.” “I am God,” he was once heard telling himself. George Braque *Who was Surrealist, Paul Eluard, married to at one time?

Landscape with Bridge (1909)

Houses With Trees (1907)

Reservoir Horta (1909)

Houses at La Estaque (1909) George Braque

Still Life with Death’s Head (1907)

Bread, Fruit, and Table (1908)

CONCEPTUAL PERCEPTUAL VS.

Analytic Cubism: Is concerned with breaking down and analyzing form and together developed the 1 st phase, known as analytic cubism. Monochromatic color schemes were favored in their depictions of radically fragmented motifs, whose several sides were shown simultaneously.

Wilhelm Uhde (1910)

Guitar Player (1910)

Ambroise Vollard (1910)

Accordionist (1910)

Wineglass

Guitar and Violin (1912)

Analytic Cubism marked the transition to Synthetic Cubism. Analytic Cubism marked the transition to Synthetic Cubism. This second phase was more decorative and color plays a major role.

Still Life with Cane Chair

The Three Musicians

Skull and Pitcher

Synthetic Cubism is the experimental nature of the Collage construction process rather than the analytical process and deconstruction of Analytical Cubism. It is also more decorative and appealing and somewhat easier to interpret. Pasting an actual oil cloth onto the canvas. Braque had begun putting material besides paint on his canvases. He also used sand, sawdust, and iron fillings.

Guitar, Sheet Music and Glass

Pablo Picasso died on April 8, Señor Picasso died without a will. His son Claude was named executor of the estate. His first duty was to find a home for the 76,000 items left at the time of his death. Picasso Museum of Art in Paris

Olga Khokhlova (1923) First Wife Son/Paulo Grandchildren: Pablito, Marina, and Bernard

Mother and Child Birth of his son Paulo led to his mother and child themes.

. Marie Therese Walter Girlfriend of Picasso Gave birth to his daughter Maya. Committed Suicide

Maya with Boat and Dolls (1938)

Francoise Gilot She gave birth to claude and Paloma. Later married Dr. Jonas Salk

Francoise Gilot with Paloma and Claude 1950

Claude (1948)

Paloma and Claude (1950)

Jacqueline Roque Committed Suicide Wife at the time of his death.

In June of this year, a sketchbook containing 33 drawings of Picasso was stolen from the Picasso Art Museum in Paris. The sketchbook has a cover that is titled “Album” in gilded letters. Because of this theft, the museum has been closed until security can be improved. The most recent theft before the June 11, 2009 heist was in February of This robbery took place at the home of Picasso’s granddaughter Diana Wiamaier Picasso. The two stolen paintings are worth $70 million dollars. The “Album” is worth between $9.8- $14 million dollars. Señora McKay does not know anything!