Pablo Picasso

A Brief Bio Born on October 25, 1881 in Malaga, Spain When his family moved to Barcelona in 1895 Picasso enrolled in School of Fine Arts at age 14 At age 16, Picasso moved to Madrid only to move back to Barcelona in 1899 In the early 1900s Picasso moved to Paris and opened his own studio where he broke away from classical methods of creating art and began to create “Cubism” Died on April 8, 1973 at the age of 91

Fun Facts His real full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso His father was a painter and art teacher Rumored first word “piz, piz” short for “lápiz” Picasso was a terrible student – preferring to doodle rather than take notes. He often skipped school to sketch around the city. He was married twice: Olga Khoklova (1918-1927) a ballerina and Jacqueline Roque (1961-death) Picasso had 4 children: Paul, Maya, Claude, and Paloma (Paloma designs jewelry for Tiffany&Co.) Picasso joined the Communist Party after World War II

Cubism & Surrealism CUBISM: a style of art that stresses abstract structure at the expense of other pictorial elements especially by displaying several aspects of the same object simultaneously and by fragmenting the form of depicted objects Art critics and historians divide Picasso’s career into distinct periods, they include: the Blue Period (1901-1904), the Rose Period (1905-1907), Cubism (1907-1910), Synthetic Cubism (1912-1918), Classical / Realism Period (1918-1923)and Surrealism (1927-dealth) SURREALISM: the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations

La Vieand the Old Guitarist The Blue Period La Vieand the Old Guitarist Self Portrait

Family at Saltimbanques The Rose Period Family at Saltimbanques Gertrude Stein

Still Life with a Violin and Guitar Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table Cubism Still Life with a Violin and Guitar Bread and Fruit Dish on a Table Man with a violin

Synthetic Cubism Three Musicians Card Player

Classical Period The Lovers The Pipes of Pan

Surrealism Guernica

Don Quixote de la Mancha Later Works Owl Don Quixote de la Mancha

One of Picasso’s final works Self Portrait Facing Death

Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth Pablo Picasso Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth ~ Pablo Picasso ~